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Teck Resources Limited has announced the creation of a US$20 million fund to support COVID-19 response and future recovery efforts.

Arch Coal, Inc. has announced that John Drexler will become the company's Chief Operating Officer and Matthew Giljum will become its Chief Financial Officer.

According to Wärtsilä analysis, European responses to COVID-19 have accelerated the electricity system transition by a decade.

Consol Energy Inc. and Consol Coal Resources LP have provided an operational update.

The board of directors of Buffalo Coal has announced the appointment of Emma Oosthuizen as the new CEO of Buffalo Coal.

To date, the company has not recorded any cases of COVID-19 among the Whitehaven workforce but it continues to plan for a range of scenarios.

Indian power generator NTPC Ltd has announced the increase of its total installed capacity to 58 816 MW with the commissioning of second unit of 660 MW at Khargone Super Thermal Power Project in Madhya Pradesh (India).

According to Rystad Energy, COVID-19 could decelerate energy transition by giving coal an unforeseen boost.

Carbon emissions from the power sector have fallen due to reduced coal usage in Europe and the US.

Coal developers risk wasting more than US$600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity from new renewables than from new coal plants in all major markets, the financial think tank Carbon Tracker has warned in a new report.

The US Department of Energy has selected a project to receive US$1.5 million for near-zero water consumption at power plants.

OSAKI CoolGen has implemented Honeywell technology to remove CO2 in coal gasification processing at a Japanese facility.

Arch Coal, Inc. has announced that it recently closed on a US$54 million equipment financing facility with an average interest rate of 6.3%.

Officials from southwest Virginia have mounted a last-minute push to oppose the possible early closure of one of the country’s newest coal plants.

Multiple countries have set coal phase-out deadlines as they look to renewables as a clean alternative.