The Latest Breaking News from Coal

A Queensland coal power station was operating without required regulatory approval when it was taken out by an explosion, authorities say.

The union has claimed they're not asking for much, but Pacific National has hit back.

Whitehaven will pay up to $6.4 billion for BHP's Daunia and Blackwater coking coal mines in Queensland, transforming itself into a metallurgical coal player.

Origin Energy says talks continue with the NSW government on delaying the closure of Australia's largest coal plant Eraring to support a reliable power supply.

Adani Group accused of importing coal at inflated prices; denies allegations. FT report based on 30 shipments of coal from Indonesia to India over 32 months. Prices declared to custom officers in India far higher than corresponding export declarations. Three middlemen supplied coal to Adani at substantial premium to market…

After nearly two decades of stagnation, U.S. electricity demand is surging, driven by growing numbers of electric cars, data centers and air conditioners in a warming climate. But traditional power plants that generate electricity from coal, natural gas or nuclear energy are retiring faster than new ones are being built…

Authorities in Colorado say a semi-truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo on Sunday

At least ten coal train cars reportedly slid off the tracks and over the side of a bridge

The city approved a plan in 2020 to shut the Fayette Power Project plant with the aim of eliminating carbon emissions. But political, economic and technological forces have gotten in the way.