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India’s thermal coal imports rise over 15 pct in Q1 – trader

NEW DELHI, May 11 (Reuters) – India’s thermal coal imports rose by more than 15 percent in the first three months of 2018, with Indonesia accounting for about three-fifths of total supplies, according to vessel arrival data from Dubai-based coal trader American Fuels & Natural Resources. India’s rising coal imports are contributing to higher demand […]

Coal to remain India’s main energy source in coming decades: Govt think-tank

Coal, which powers around three-quarters of India’s electricity, will continue to be the foremost energy source over the coming decades, government think-tank Niti Aayog said in its Three-Year Action Agenda released Thursday. It is important that India increases its domestic coal production to provide energy security and reduce its dependence on imports, it said. By […]

After China-induced price spike, coal set to resume long-term decline

Coal prices’ march to eight-month highs, driven by China’s huge appetite for power consumption, looks like an interlude in a longer-term decline and is seen losing traction later this year. Investors widely anticipate a slow demise for coal use due to policies encouraging cleaner natural gas and renewable energy generation, but the shorter-term outlook for […]

The world used less coal in 2016 than year before: BP

Worldwide demand for coal decreased in 2016, for the second year in a row. Humans used 53-million tonnes of coal less than in 2015, according to this year’s statistical review of energy provided by BP. It’s a decrease of 1.7 per cent. It is the second-straight year that coal demand has declined. It is also […]

There’s Way Less Coal Than We Thought

So it turns out global warming isn’t that bad after all. That’s exactly the conclusion Justin Ritchie doesn’t want the world to draw from the paper he just published. And for a good reason. It’s wrong. Ritchie, a Ph.D. candidate in resources and the environment at the University of British Columbia, was working as a […]