Coal - 12 November 2014

Skill levels in the coal sector will need a boost if South Africa is going to make the best of smaller coal deposits.

Piyush Goyal, the Indian minister for power and coal, has said it might be possible for the country to wean itself off imports within three years.

Korea Midland Power Co. signs agreement with Carbo One, the second largest mining company in Russia.

Germany hopes to dissuade Sweden’s state-owned energy company, Vattenfall, from selling its lignite assets.