Chinese authorities have ordered dozens of coal mines to expand production amid a nationwide energy crunch, state media reported Friday. Dozens of mines in China's Inner Mongolia, a major coal producing region, were instructed to increase their capacity by more than 98 million tonnes in an official notice not released to the public, the state-run Securities Times reported.

China orders mines to up coal production by nearly 100 million tonnes: State media

India's solar energy output growth slowed in September, a Reuters analysis of government data showed, at a time when coal-fired utilities are facing a shortage of a fuel that accounts for more than 70 per cent of the country's power generation.

India's solar energy output growth slows in September

People ate breakfast by the light of smartphones and shopkeepers turned on generators as cities across China enforced power cuts Wednesday to meet official conservation targets and ease shortages in some areas.

Electricity crisis: Chinese switch to flashlights, generators to meet emission targets & ease coal shortages

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to stop funding coal projects overseas as he announced ambitious goals at the UN General Assembly. "We need to improve the global environmental governance.

Chinese President Xi vows to stop funding coal projects overseas at UNGA

Australia's government should increase its efforts to phase out coal or else climate change will dramatically damage the country's economy, Selwin Hart, the United Nations special adviser on climate change, said on Sunday.

UN urges Australia to speed up efforts to drop coal

The United Kingdom will phase out coal-fired power by October 2024, a year ahead of schedule, as part of a campaign to encourage other countries to raise their climate ambitions ahead of a global warming summit it will host in November.

Britain to stop using coal-fired power in just three years

With an aim to save the planet Earth for future generations, the world’s richest countries have decided to pull the plug on funding coal development projects overseas.

Rich countries halt funding for coal production overseas

Seven miners were killed in a blast at a coal mine in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Monday night, the second such deadly incident in the region in a week.

Seven coal miners killed in Pakistan in second incident in a week 

Hundreds of environmentalists marched to the western mine in Germany on Saturday to protest in and around the mine. The protest was against coal mining that has been going on in Germany for years now.

Anti-coal environmentalists stage protests around western mine in Germany

The German government will not force hard coal power plants to close over the next seven years, a draft law expected to be approved by the cabinet next week showed on Tuesday.

Germany will not force hard coal plant closures before 2026

The United Nations chief on Saturday warned Asia to quit its "addiction" to coal, as climate change threatens hundreds of millions of people vulnerable to rising sea levels across the region.

Asia must quit 'coal addiction': United Nations chief

India, one of the world's largest consumers of oil and coal, is investing $60 billion to build a national gas grid and import terminals by 2024 in a bid to cut its carbon emissions, the oil minister said on Sunday.

India investing $60 billion on gas grid to link up nation by 2024

Flooding at a key Coal India Ltd mine in Chhattisgarh will stop production there for at least 30 days, a senior Coal India Ltd official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Coal India's 30 million tonnes Dipka mine to stop output for a month on flooding

Known for his corporate network developed during his days as an investment banker, BJP's go-to man Piyush Goyal has been given the charge of Railways, Commerce and Industry ministries in Modi's new cabinet. Goyal first made his mark in BJP as a treasurer and held portfolios in coal, power, railways and finance.

Piyush Goyal takes charge, Retains as Railways and Commerce Minister

The growth of eight core sectors improved marginally to 4.7 per cent in March 2019 against 4.5 per cent in the same month last year. For the full 2018-19 fiscal, the expansion rate of eight infrastructure sectors - coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity - remained flat at 4.

Infrastructure sector growth improves to 4.7% in March

Bangladesh is seeking expressions of interest to build the country's first onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, according to a company official and a document posted on the company's website.

Bangladesh seeks developers for its first onshore LNG terminal

State-owned Coal India supplied 360 million tonnes (MT) coal to the power sector during April-December 2018, an increase of 7.9 per cent over the year-ago period, according to official data.

Coal India’s supply to power sector up 8% at 360 million tonnes in Apr-Dec 2018

Germany should shut down its last coal-fired power plant by 2038 at the latest, a government-appointed commission said early on Saturday as part of a roadmap laying out an accelerated phase-out of the polluting fuel.

Germany should fully phase out coal by 2038: Commission

Germany should shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2038 at the latest, a government-appointed commission said on Saturday, proposing at least 40 billion euros ($45.

Germany to phase out coal mine by 2038 in move away from fossil fuels

Rescue workers were trying to reach 15 coal miners trapped underground for 13 days on Wednesday as families prayed for their safe return, but chances of survival looked slim after floodwaters rushed through the illegal "rat-hole" pit.

Families seek miracle at Meghalaya mine where 15 trapped for nearly two weeks

India's coal import rose 9.7 per cent to 156.08 million tonnes (MT) in the April-November period of the ongoing fiscal, as against 142.25 MT in the corresponding months a year ago, according to Mjunction Services Ltd, a joint venture between Tata Steel and SAIL.

India's coal output up 10% to 156 MT during April-November

Cumulatively, the eight core sectors grew by 4.2 per cent in 2017-18, lowest in the last three financial years. Their rate of growth was 4.8 per cent in the previous fiscal

Core sector growth rate slowed to 3-month low of 4.1% in March

As per official data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the combined index for the core sectors stood at 123.1 in February this year, which was 5.3 percent higher as compared to the index of February last year. Furthermore, its cumulative growth during April to February 2017-18 was 4.3 percent, the data revealed.

Core sectors register 5.3% IIP growth in February

Massive new coal plants planned for Pakistan will further harm the environment in a country already suffering the effects of climate change. Solar energy is a clear alternative

Opinion: China and Pakistan are dabbling with 'dirty' energy

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