CoalWire 573, July 31, 2025
Slump in new coal mine capacity; Czech mine to close; Australian court overturns mine approval.
CoalWire 566, June 5, 2025
Indian solar + batteries undercut coal; coal utilisation rates declining in key Asian countries.
CoalWire 556, March 27, 2025
Glencore slashes Colombian mine output; Microsoft drops US$12 billion data centre option; Queensland minister flags likely decision to reject coal lease application.
CoalWire 553, March 6, 2025
Last Bavarian coal plant closes; early Indonesian closures; Adani revives stalled Indian project.
CoalWire 552, February 27, 2025
Microsoft trims data centre deals; US Coast Guard highlights coal ship methane explosion risk.
CoalWire 550, February 13, 2025
BNEF says new solar, wind beat new coal almost everywhere; First Nation opposes new Alberta mines.
CoalWire 534, October 10, 2024
Cambodia rules out more coal plants; US Supreme Court rejects challenge to pollution rule.
CoalWire 533, October 3, 2024
Coal generation slumps across OECD; German coal unit closed; Polish utility announces closure of four units by the end of 2025; UK mine permit rejected.
CoalWire 527, August 22, 2024
Bangladesh suspends new fast-track power projects; Teck fined over Canadian pollution; residents protest coal dust pollution from Mozambique mine.
CoalWire 526, August 15, 2024
Indonesian biomass co-firing challenged; Indian regulator in spotlight; Glencore holds on to coal.
CoalWire 518, June 13, 2024
European election; UN head calls for ban on fossil fuel advertising; Colombia moves to ban coal exports to Israel; Polish coal generation fell by 10 per cent in 2023.
CoalWire 512, May 2, 2024
US sets deadlines for coal plants; G7 tweaks position on coal phase-out; Japan plans ammonia subsidy scheme.
CoalWire 502, February 22, 2024
Colombia proposes bill to ban new coal; Canadian MP proposes a bill to ban thermal coal exports; the growing public health toll of Indonesia’s nickel boom and associated captive coal plants.
CoalWire 493, December 7, 2023
COP28 wrangles over coal wording; ex-US utility regulator charged; Cambodia scraps coal plant plan; Welsh mine finally closes; Russian company’s Arctic coal mine plan stalls.
CoalWire 492, November 30, 2023
New coal starts stall outside China; US court overturns mine permit; US pollution study finds coal-based fine particle pollution deadlier than previously thought; protest shuts Australian port for two days.
CoalWire 490, November 16, 2023
China unveils capacity payment scheme; Teck sells coal division to Glencore; study estimates Philippines can end coal power by 2035.
CoalWire 485, October 5, 2023
US call to regulate coal train dust pollution; Bulgaria submits EU just transition plan; largest investor in Adani Power revealed as a company with one shareholder; Australian govt report forecasts limited seaborne thermal coal growth.
CoalWire 483, September 21, 2023
Welsh council rejects mine; UK funds coal-free steel plant switch; Colombia, Panama join Powering Past Coal Alliance; Thungela to appeal South African Water Tribunal rejection of mine water licence.
CoalWire 482, September 14, 2023
International Energy Agency brings fossil fuels peaks forward by years; Sasol water permit denied; study reveals health cost of Indonesian coal plant.
CoalWire 477, August 10, 2023
US groups celebrate the expiry of a permit for a US coal-to-diesel plant; India approves unnecessary coal plants; Turkish President drawn into controversy over mine expansion; US utility under investigation by Ohio organised crime unit.