Coal - 22 December 2015

The recent Omnibus Spending Bill has been criticised by West Virginia coal groups and politicians as failing to provide any support for the states beleaguered miners.

Southern Generation Technologies signs a letter of intent with Alps Energy and Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC to evaluate the deployment of its coal gasification technology at the new 1000 MW Alps Energy power plant in South Korea.

Average coal demand growth will total just 0.8% to 2020 as Chinese demand remains soft and environmental policies tighten, according to a new report from the IEA.

Westmoreland Coal Co. has extended its long-term coal supply agreement with Saskatchewan Power Corp. from the Poplar River mine.