Coal

Rio Tinto has recorded a 13% drop in thermal coal production on the back of its sale of the Clermont mine.

Nordea Asset Management will cut exposure to coal assets

The Polish government has signed a deal with protesting coal miners amid attempts to restructure one of the country’s largest mining companies

As India’s new government tries to reform the country’s coal industry, it faces strong resistance from environmental, business and labour groups.

A round up of news from the global coal industry this week.

Vattenfall will continue with its plans to sell its lignite power plants in Germany, despite a company restructuring.

Whitehaven Coal predicts increase in thermal and metallurgical coal prices in 2015.

China’s state planning agency has ordered a number of regions to cut coal consumption

Lignite mining, activated carbon manufacture and coal-fired power create just over US$ 7 billion in economic activity in Texas.

Amec Foster Wheeler awarded project management contract for Chinese coal-to-chemicals plant.

An experimental complex for processing coal into gasoline and diesel will be launched this year in Kazakhstan

Patriot Coal Corp. has moved its corporate headquarters to West Virginia.

Corsa Coal Corp. announces a reduction in workforce and production “rationalisation”

The events making the coal news headlines this week.

The Energy Information Administration has released its production estimate for the US coal industry for the week ending 3 January.