Coal - 18 March 2016

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the global coal industry, from recent project updates to the US coal industry’s reaction to Clinton’s comment on coal miners.

According to the EIA, the combination of slower electricity demand growth and policies that encourage renewables-sourced electricity generation is changing the type and the amount of generating capacity added each year.

Oracle Coalfields PLC has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2015.

Royal Energy Resources Inc. has completed the acquisition of certain limited partnership interests and entire general partner membership interest from Wexford Capital LP.

China Shenhua Energy Co., the listed arm of Chinese largest coal company, Shenhua Group, has recorded a 21.2% fall in sales in February.