These mountains of coal are not only creating storage problems, but they are also posing financial challenges — piling up to about $6.5 billion in unused inventory, based on an average $47.22 ...

World coal use is set to reach an all-time high in 2024, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, in a year all but certain to be the hottest in recorded history. Despite calls to halt ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Global exports and use of thermal coal will reach all-time highs in 2024, despite the record roll-out of renewable energy generation capacity across all ...

As in every election over the last 20 years, at stake will be the question of whether Australia chooses a clean energy future, or prolongs the life of coal and gas – an outcome the nuclear plan ...

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Its focus is to find uses for coal that replace petroleum as a feedstock for various chemical and material processes at what it says will be a much lower cost. At first glance, this seems like ...

Global demand for the fossil fuel is forecast to hit a record 8.77 billion tonnes, offsetting likely growth in renewable energy, as demand in China, by far the world's largest coal consumer ...

Demand for coal is continuing to grow as efforts to cut consumption by Britain and other wealthy nations are eclipsed by growth in China and India, a new report warns. Global coal consumption is ...

The IEA's Coal 2024 report, released on Wednesday, projects coal demand will surpass 8.9 billion tons this year, marking a third consecutive annual record, and go on to hit a peak in 2027.