A week in coal: 7 – 11 December 2015
A round up of the week’s coal news from huge job cuts at Anglo American to the honouring of the world’s cleanest coal-fired power plants at this year’s Advanced Energy for Life Awards.
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A round up of the week’s coal news from huge job cuts at Anglo American to the honouring of the world’s cleanest coal-fired power plants at this year’s Advanced Energy for Life Awards.
Pittsburgh-based coal and gas producer, Consol Energy, has signed several coal deals totalling 10.8 million short t over a three year period.
A motion criticising the UK government’s decision to scrap funding for CCS development in the UK has received cross-party support from member of the Scottish Parliamant.
Galilee Energy is to focus on its Galilee Basin CBM project after disappointing results from its US drilling programme.
Arch Coal risks being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange for breaching listing standards after a prolonged slump in its market capitalisation.
Australa Pacific LNG begins its first liquefied natural gas production at its Curtis Island facility as it targets first exports by the end of this year.
Dr Colin Henderson’s new report for the IEA Clean Coal Centre, Power plant CO2 capture heat integration, explores various ways to use the ‘waste’ heat from capture systems in power plants to reduce the energy penalty of carbon capture.
The dry bulk shipping sector could see further bankruptcies as weak demand and overcapacity places continued pressure on freight rates in 2016.
US rail operator, Norfolk Southern, has rejected a revised takeover bid from Canadian Pacific as “grossly inadequate.”
Following continual declines in thermal coal prices, Westshore Terminals and Global Coal Sales Group are restructuring their agreement for coal volumes for 2016 – 2018.
The carbon footprint of shale gas is no smaller than that of coal when measured over a hundred year period.
Funded by a Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research & Development grant, WellDog expands technology application through partnering with University of Queensland to track trace gases that may be sequestered alongside CO2.