Industry Focus

2017.02.13

Govt responds to low coal production concerns

ZIMBABWE has sufficient coal reserves and the only challenge is lack of capacity to mine the required quantities, Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo said. Responding to concerns over declining coal output in an interview with Business Chronicle, Deputy Minister Moyo said major coal mining firms were operat...

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2017.02.10

Ukraine boosts coal consumption by almost 10% in 2016

In 2016 Ukraine increased coal consumption by 9.4% compared with 2015, up to 31.3 million tonnes, according to the report. The ministry says in December 2016, Ukraine used up 3.1 million tonnes of coal, which is 22.3% more than in the same period of 2015. As UNIAN reported earlier, in 2015, the consumption of thermal coa...

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2017.02.08

Alliance plans higher coal production and sales in 2017

Illinois Basin and Appalachian coal producer Alliance Resource Partners expects higher coal production and sales in 2017, citing improvements in domestic thermal coal markets, after posting a 74% increase in net income during the fourth quarter of 2016 over a year ago. "Supply and demand fundamentals have improved meaningful...

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2017.01.18

India’s economic growth is linked to the fortunes of the energy sector

India is firmly set on a path of economic growth that is estimated to usher in prosperity like never before. This economic prosperity will need to be built on the back of significant transformations across several facilitating elements, the primary ones being infrastructure build-out, energy availability and sustainability. Indi...

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2017.01.16

Coal-rich province vows to slash overcapacity in 2017

Shanxi Province, the center of China's coal industry, will cut 20 million tonnes of coal capacity in 2017, said the provincial government on Saturday. Slashing excess coal production capacity would remain top on the local government's agenda in 2017, said Lou Yangsheng, governor of Shanxi, when delivering the provincial gov...

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2017.01.13

Mercury – are proposed emission limits achievable?

Pulverised coal-fired power plants are slowly being phased out, to be replaced either by state of the art super and ultrasupercritical coal plants or by alternative technologies such as gas and renewables. Many may see the tightening emission limits for mercury in North America and the EU as, perhaps, a shot in the head for an a...

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