Special reports

The coal mining industry must develop solutions to the challenges it faces.

The Energy Information Administration offers widely differing forecasts for US coal production in its Annual Energy Outlook 2014.

Clean coal should remain a vital part of the UK’s energy mix.

The potential of the Thar coalfield to provide much needed power for Pakistan.

Coal dust explosions still remain a clear and present danger in underground mines four years after the Upper Big Branch disaster.

A round-up of recent events in Botswana’s coal industry.

The relative merits of gas and coal in providing a bridge to a carbon-free energy future.

The risks faced by mining companies in sub-Saharan Africa.

What the closure of the Kellingley and Thoresby coal mines means for the future of coal mining in the UK.

Ng Weng Hoong reports on India’s scandal-prone coal industry and the impact such scandals are having on the country’s power sector.

Ng Weng Hoong reports on India’s scandal-prone coal industry and the impact such scandals are having on the country’s power sector.

A new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre examines some of the issues around the sustainability of biomass cofiring.

Barry Baxter provides an update on the Colombian coal industry.

Barry Baxter provides an update on the Colombian coal industry.

In his industry view for World Coal, Harry Kenyon-Slaney, Rio Tinto Energy, looks ahead to what 2014 may bring for the global coal sector.