Coal

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has announced that its B&W Environmental segment will design and supply advanced ash-handling equipment to a US power plant customer.

Hargreaves Services plc has announced the sale of its entire inventory of specialty coal to its German joint venture, Hargreaves Raw Material Services GmbH.

World Coal Association member Yancoal, the operator of Premier Coal, has opened Lake Kepwari, near Collie in Western Australia, 50 years after opencast mining operations started at the site.

The coal seaport of Shakhtersk, a key logistics asset of the Eastern Mining Co., shipped a record 10.7 million t of coal in 2020, which is 21% more than the same period in 2019.

CONSOL Energy Inc. and CONSOL Coal Resources LP have stockholder and limited partner approval and completion of the previously announced merger.

Coal India Ltd allocated 25.78 million t of coal in the first 8 months of 2020 under a spot e-auction scheme, registering a y/y increase of 59.4%.

Weak overall power demand, strong competition from natural gas and rising renewable generation weighed heavily on European coal-fired generation in 2020, reports Argus Media.

Argus Media has reported how US prices have risen further on the back of strong demand from Chinese mills as more February-loading cargoes are concluded ahead of the holidays.

The Polish Development Fund has decided to grant a preferential loan of PLN 173.6 million to Jastrzebska Spólka Weglowa under the government programme entitled ‘The PFR Financial Shield for Large Companies’.

In response to recent positive cases of COVID-19 at two steelmaking coal operations and a construction project in the Elk Valley of British Columbia, Teck has implemented enhanced response protocols and preventative measures to safeguard workers and local communities.

Vostochnaya Mining Co. has begun assembling sections of the 23 km long mainline conveyor in the Russian Federation, which will connect the Solntsevsky coal mine with the Shakhtersk Coal seaport.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has releasing a notice seeking information and data related to the beneficial use and piles of coal combustion residuals.

America’s Power has issued a statement following the release of North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s (NERC) ‘2020 Long-Term Reliability Assessment’ examining the issues, trends and potential risks that could impact the reliability of the electric grid over the next decade.

The World Coal Association acknowledges the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) ‘Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2020’ and calls for the IEA to continue its support of all fuels and clean technologies to meet global energy needs and reach net-zero emissions.

A global economic recovery in 2021 is expected to drive a short-lived rebound in coal demand following the major drop this year triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.