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Glencore coal production up 6% in 2014

Swiss-based commodities giant, Glencore, has released its 2014 production report, showing coal production up 6% on the previous year, although prices continued to suffer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Norway divests from coal

Norway has removed 32 coal mining companies from its sovereign wealth fund portfolio as it divests from coal

 
 
 
 

FutureGen has funding cut

Blow for the coal industry as the FutureGen clean coal project in Illinois, US, has its funding cut by Department of Energy

 

Obama’s plan to help coal communities

US President Barack Obama proposes to accelerate disbursements from Abandoned Mine Land funds and invest money in economically distressed coal communities