Coal

The WCA has called on the government of Norway to reject a call from the opposition party to divest investments in coal.

Energy and coal industry ministry says Ukraine’s coal output is down by 2.6% on 2012 levels.

Peabody Energy has responded to President Obama’s State of the Union address.

Murray Energy is planning to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency over its regulations of the coal industry.

China’s first direct coal liquefaction project, operated by Shenhau Group, produced 866 000 t of oil products in 2013.

Iron ore and copper production increases offset downward coal output for Anglo American.

Peabody ratchets back output from low-quality coal mines.

Two minority parties have supported an opposition proposal to ban Norway’s ‘oil fund’ from investing in coal companies.

China is expected to continue increasing energy efficiency throughout 2014, resulting in a drop in coal and oil consumption.

Consol Energy has provided an operations update for Q4 2013, showing strong coal performance and record natural gas production.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has released a landmark study on the benefits of coal to global development.

New Zealand electricity generator, Genesis Energy, has paid to remove itself from contracts to import Indonesian coal.

Mike Elliott, EY Mining & Metals, explains why the global outlook for metallurgical coal is steady despite steel industry troubles.

Research firm OreTeam finds that India’s coal imports increased by 21% in 2013, as power producers bought more coal.

Whitehaven Coal set a number of quarterly production, railings and sales records in its December quarter last year.