US coal news

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the establishment of a Division of Minerals Sustainability to bring an increased focus to securing a US critical minerals supply chain that will transform the US energy and manufacturing systems.

The Energy Information Administration expects production of all fossil fuels – crude oil, coal, dry natural gas, and natural gas plant liquids – to increase in 2022, but forecast fossil fuel production will remain lower than the 2019 peak.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest inventory of electric generators, 9.1 GW of electric generating capacity is scheduled to retire in 2021.

A NETL-supported project at West Virginia University to extract economically and strategically important rare earth elements from Appalachian coal resources has reached new milestones.

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.

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

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy has announced plans to make US$4 million in federal funding available for cost-shared research and development of tools and methods to optimise safe, secure, and verifiable carbon dioxide storage.

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 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 29 projects to receive nearly US$7.6 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development.

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.