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EU countries fail to agree energy reforms after coal subsidy clash

European Union countries failed on Monday to agree on planned new rules for the bloc's power market, having clashed over a proposal to extend subsidies for coal plants as part…

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UPDATED: Late push for coal subsidies upsets EU deal on energy reforms

EU countries consider proposal to prolong coal subsidies Move would benefit Poland, if certain conditions met Germany, Belgium among those opposed to coal boost Split threatens push for deal on…

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Italy could abandon coal by 2024

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy could shut down its coal-fired power stations in 2024, a year earlier than planned, if gas prices remain at current low levels, Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto…

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China accounts for two thirds of world’s planned new coal power – research

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China accounted for more than two thirds of the world's proposed new coal-fired power by the end of 2022, with 366 gigawatts (GW) of additional capacity either…

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Britain considers coal power back-up for next winter

LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Britain is considering keeping some coal plants available for back-up power to ensure sufficient electricity supplies for next winter, National Grid said on Wednesday. Britain…

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Russia becomes India’s third-largest coal supplier in July, Coalmint data shows

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Russia became India's third-largest coal supplier in July, with imports rising by over a fifth compared with June to a record 2.06 million tonnes, data from Indian consultancy…

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Global coal demand to match record high this year, IEA says

LONDON, (Reuters) - Global coal demand is set to rise slightly this year to match a record high reached nearly a decade ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said this week, as…

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EU signals shift to coal, accuses Russia of ‘rogue moves’ on gas

BRUSSELS/OSLO June 22 (Reuters) - The European Union will temporarily shift back to coal to cope with slowing Russian gas flows, an EU official said on Wednesday, as a tight gas market…

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Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows

FRANKFURT/MILAN, June 20 (Reuters) - Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers were racing to find alternative fuel supplies and even looking at burning more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia…

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UPDATED: G7 reaches agreements on phasing out coal

BERLIN, May 27 (Reuters) - Ministers from the world's richest democracies agreed on Friday to work to phase out coal-powered energy, although they failed to set a date for doing so, and…

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EU countries hunt for global coal stocks as Russian ban looms

LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - European buyers are increasing shipments of coal from across the globe against a backdrop of a proposed European Union ban on Russian imports and the scramble to…

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Global coal prices surge as Ukraine tensions worsen supply woes

CHENNAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Global coal prices have shot back towards record highs as the Ukraine crisis raises expectations that European buyers will start loading up on the fossil…

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UPDATED: End of coal? COP26 summit deal takes aim at dirtiest fossil fuel

GLASGOW, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Indonesia, Poland, Vietnam and other nations on Thursday pledged to phase out their use of coal-fired power and stop building plants, a deal the COP26…

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World should shut nearly 3,000 coal plants to keep on climate track -study

The world will need to shut down nearly 3,000 coal-fired power plants before 2030 if it is to have a chance of keeping temperature rises within 1.5 Celsius, according to…

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UPDATED: EU to launch COP26 project with South Africa to speed up coal exit

BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The European Union will launch a project with South Africa at the COP26 climate summit to speed up the country's exit from coal, European Commission…

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Follow our lead, UK brings forward end to coal power target

Britain will bring forward its target to end the use of coal in electricity generation by a year to October 2024, minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said on Wednesday, urging others to…

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World’s coal producers now planning more than 400 new mines -research

The world's coal producers are currently planning as many as 432 new mine projects with 2.28 billion tonnes of annual output capacity, research published this week showed, putting targets for…

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In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal

The world’s seven largest advanced economies agreed to stop international financing of coal projects that emit carbon by the end of this year, and phase out such support for all…

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Poland’s biggest coal miner says only has enough cash to pay salaries until July

Poland's biggest coal miner, state-run PGG, has enough cash to pay salaries until July as it struggles with a crisis aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, its chief executive Tomasz Rogala…

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U.S. seizes North Korean ship

The U.S. Justice Department announced that for the first time the United States has seized a North Korean cargo ship it accused of illicit coal shipments in violation of…

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