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voda 10 september 2021 08:32

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CIL MCL Lays Foundation Stone for First Mile Connectivity Project
By Strategic Research Institute on Sep 10, 2021 10:00 am

Coal India Chairman Mr Pramod Agrawal has laid the foundation stone of INR 285.05 crore first-mile connectivity project Lajkura SILO, which would add 15 million tonnes per annum despatch capacity to the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd is implementing nine FMC projects to provide pollution-free state-of-the-art rake loading system at a total capital expenditure of INR 3,600 crore. This will also generate a despatch capacity of 126 million tonnes per year, expected to be achieved by the year 2024

The chairman also commissioned four 100 tonne dumpers and one mobile water sprinkler at Samleshwari open cast project.

The ministry also said an innovative Remotely Piloted Aircraft System was inaugurated at Coal India arm MCL.

voda 13 september 2021 08:35

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9 Miners Die at Chervony Partyzan Coal Mine in Occupied Luhansk
By Strategic Research Institute on Sep 13, 2021 10:00 am

Local media reported that the rope of the transport tube broke in Chervony Partyzan coal mine in Chervonopartyzansk, occupied Luhansk region. The workers were descending into the mine shaft in the town of Voznesenovka in the eastern Lugansk region. Nine people died and another 19 were injured, three of them are in serious condition. As a result of the tragedy, the miners mostly suffered fractures. At the time of the accident, 25 people were in the elevator, three more were standing in the perimeter yard of the mine. They were also injured.

In February, media reported that Russian militants created their energy concern called Energiya Donbassa, which was supposed to include the coal mines and thermal power plants that the occupants had captured earlier. The so-called Donetsk People's Republic took two coal mines under control namely, Torezantratsyt and Komsomolets Donbassa.

Deadly accidents are common in Ukrainian mines, most of which are located in the country’s industrial east. Many mines are underfunded and poorly equipped and safety violations are frequent. In the worst mining accident in the country’s post-Soviet history, more than 100 miners were killed in an explosion at the Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine in 2007.

voda 13 september 2021 12:47

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Indonesian Thermal Coal Price HBA Reaches USD 150 Per Tonne

Strategic Research Institute
Published on : 13 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced that the reference thermal coal price HBA in September 2021 has reached USD 150.03 per tonne on the back of soaring demand for electric power plants in China, an increase of USD19.04 per tonne as compared to USD 130.99 per tonne in August. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Head of Public Information Service Communication and Collaboration Mr Agung Pribadi said “This is quite a phenomenal figure within the last decade. A hike in the reference coal price was on account of China's high demand that surpasses its domestic production capability, growing demand from South Korea and Europe, as well as the increasing price of natural gas.”

After stagnating during the February-April 2021 period, HBA recorded a consecutive rise during the May-July 2021 period until it reached USD 115.35 per ton in July 2021. This increase consistently continued up until September 2021 when it managed to achieve its new highest record.

HBA is the price obtained from the average Coal Index ICI, Newcastle Export Index NEX, Globalcoal Newcastle Index GCNC and Platt's 5900 in the previous month, with quality equalized to 6,322 kilocalorie per kilogram GAR, eight-percent total humidity, 0.8-percent total sulfur, and 15-percent ash.

voda 14 september 2021 10:15

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Colombia Approves Return of Coal Mine Concessions of Glencore

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14 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Swiss multinational Glencore subsidiary Prodeco has obtained approval from Colombian mining regulator ANM to hand back its concessions for the halted La Jagua and Calenturitas coal mines, in Cesar department, which it had requested in February. Glencore said “Further to the announcement on 4 February 2021, Glencore can confirm that its Colombian subsidiary, Prodeco has been formally notified by the National Mining Agency that it has accepted the relinquishment of Prodeco’s key mining contracts back to the Republic of Colombia. The mines will remain on care and maintenance until the formal process of relinquishing the contracts is complete. The decision to halt operations is in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.”

Glencore added “In the last 30 years it has invested more than USD 3 billion in Colombia and paid around USD 3 billion in royalties and taxes, but restarting operations is not economically feasible.”

voda 14 september 2021 10:15

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Public Inquiry into West Cumbria Coking Coal Mine Begins

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14 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

A public inquiry into the proposed West Cumbria coking coal mine in Copeland begun last week. The inquiry is expected to last 4 weeks. Some 80 organisations, including Greenpeace and The Wildlife Trusts, signed the letter to the Prime Minister, calling for the inquiry, in which they described the mystifying' disbelief that the Government had not intervened over the approval of plans for the mine in Whitehaven. In a letter coordinated by Greenpeace and countryside charity CPRE, the environmental groups said the UK is due to play host to the international Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.

Local MP's Trudy Harrison (Copeland) and Mark Jenkinson (Workington) have both been outspoken in their support of the mine which is sad to create hundreds of badly needed jobs. They say the coking coal that would be produced is the only fuel that can be used to create steel, which we need to meet our targets of Net Zero by 2050.

The mine will supply the British and European steel industry with locally produced metallurgical coal. Amounting to two million tonnes each year, British steelmakers currently import all of their metallurgical coal requirements to supply the UK’s two primary steel manufacturers at Scunthorpe and Port Talbot. Europe also relies on metallurgical coal imports of more than fifty million tonnes each year. As a result, metallurgical coal is being railed and shipped thousands of added miles from overseas mines to customers in the UK and EU. Additional emissions connected with this long-distance production, handling and transportation are thus being ‘offshored. Woodhouse Colliery will be net carbon zero for all aspects of the mining process and delivery of the product to UK customers or port for onward shipping to European customers. This has been achieved by combining a series of proven & emerging technologies, including renewable electricity, methane gas capture and elimination, microgrid power generation, green bio-fuel and gold standard carbon offsetting.

This development was first proposed in 2014 and has been given planning approval by Cumbria County Council three times.

voda 15 september 2021 07:40

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Jharkhand CM Threatens Halting of Coal India's Operations

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15 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Jharkhand Chief Minister Mr Hemant Soren said that if the opposition BJP supports him, he can stop functioning of Coal India Limited, which owes INR 1.5 lakh crore to the Jharkhand government. Chief Minister said "When we raise the issue, some central minister comes and the CIL pays INR 50 crore or INR 100 crore. So far, only INR300 crore has been received. He does not want to make such a decision that will affect the Central government and leave other states without power. Centre is not giving the state its due but is deducting thousands of crores of rupees from its account.”

In July, Mr Soren had asked the CIL to immediately pay INR 56,000 crore outstanding dues in lieu of government land allotted to it for mining.

voda 15 september 2021 07:40

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BHEL Creates Methanol from High Ash Coal

Strategic Research Institute
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15 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

State-run engineering firm BHEL has successfully demonstrated a facility to create methanol from high ash Indian coal. BHEL said "With four years of hard work BHEL successfully demonstrated a facility to create 0.25 TPD methanol from high ash Indian coal using a 1.2 TPD Fluidized bed gasifier. The methanol purity of the crude methanol produced is between 98 and 99.5 per cent.”

Methanol or Di Methyl Ether are creating a buzz as an alternative liquid fuel for transportation and to power ship engines. A low carbon, hydrogen carrier fuel – Methanol is on the path to meet the needs to generate clean power all over the world. It burns clean, it burns well and it is a complex derivative that is produced from high ash coal, agricultural residue, and natural gas. DME – a hydrated form of Methanol is nearly identical to diesel and could be used as alternative transportation fuel that is fuelled by exceptional burning characteristics and lower Green House Gas emission.

Globally, Methanol is derived from natural gas, which is a relatively uncomplicated process. But India doesn’t have many natural gas reserves, so, producing Methanol from imported natural gas lead to the outflow of foreign exchange and proves to be uneconomical due to inflation in the prices of natural gas. The next best alternative for India is to utilise Coal, which is in abundance with the country. However, the high percentage of Indian coal makes most internationally accessible technology and equipment exposed at our disposal inadequate to meet the demands.

voda 16 september 2021 06:54

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Kolen maken comeback: ‘Zijn we helemaal gek geworden?’

Nederlandse kolencentrales produceerden in het eerste half jaar van 2021 bijna vijftig procent meer stroom dan in dezelfde periode een jaar eerder. Door torenhoge gasprijzen is de meest vervuilende bron van elektriciteit na jaren van daling weer in trek.

Sander van Mersbergen 16-09-21, 03:00

Mede daardoor dreigt Nederland de door de rechter opgelegde Urgenda-doelstellingen dit jaar niet te halen. Kolenstroom is de meest vervuilende vorm van elektriciteit. Om aan vonnissen van de rechter en internationale verdragen te voldoen moet Nederland juist mínder CO2 uitstoten. Het kabinet heeft dan ook besloten dat de vier kolencentrales die Nederland nog heeft, op termijn dicht moeten.

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Toch produceerden deze centrales in de eerste zes maanden van dit jaar fors meer dan een jaar eerder in die periode, blijkt uit cijfers van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek: ruim 6000 miljoen kilowattuur, tegenover ruim 4000 miljoen een jaar eerder. Daarmee maken kolen een voorzichtige comeback. Dit jaar is 10 procent van de stroom afkomstig uit kolencentrales, vorig jaar was dat 7 procent.

Voorheen lag het aandeel van kolencentrales in de Nederlandse stroomproductie nog veel hoger. Tussen 2015 en 2019 gingen zes centrales echter uit bedrijf. Nu zijn er nog kolencentrales in Eemshaven, Geertruidenberg en op de Maasvlakte (twee stuks). Deze sluiten in 2025 of 2030.

In heel Europa zouden de kolencentrales zo snel mogelijk naar nul moeten

Marjan Minnesma, Urgenda

Torenhoge gasprijs
De recente opleving is vooral te wijten aan de torenhoge prijzen van gas, stelt Jilles van den Beukel, energieanalist bij het The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. Stroom uit gascentrales is het voornaamste fossiele alternatief voor kolenstroom, en is ongeveer de helft minder vervuilend. ,,De prijs van gas heeft door groeiende wereldwijde vraag echt een enorme vlucht genomen, die staat op recordhoogte. Vorig jaar zomer kostte een kubieke meter gas 5 euro, nu meer dan 60.”

De prijs van kolen is eveneens gestegen, maar minder hard. Van den Beukel: ,,Daardoor zijn kolen nu met een kleine revival bezig. Dat is opmerkelijk. Het geeft aan hoe extreem de situatie op de internationale gasmarkt is.”

Een andere reden is dat vorig jaar ‘veel en langdurig’ onderhoud plaatsvond in kolencentrales, stelt Cor Pierik van het CBS. ,,Ze draaien inmiddels weer volop. Hierdoor is de elektriciteitsproductie uit kolen een stuk hoger dan vorig jaar.”

Kolencentrale in Eemshaven. © Getty Images

Urgenda
Onder de streep stoten de kolencentrales fors meer schadelijke stoffen uit dan vorig jaar. En dat is ‘vreselijk’, zegt Marjan Minnesma, directeur van Urgenda. ,,Als we hier over dertig jaar op terugkijken, tikken we ons tegen het voorhoofd. Dat na de recente bosbranden en overstromingen de kolencentrales weer volop draaien. Zijn we helemaal gek geworden?”

De opleving van kolen valt samen met een bredere ontwikkeling. Het CBS maakte gisteren bekend dat de uitstoot van broeikasgassen in het tweede kwartaal 11 procent hoger was dan in hetzelfde kwartaal van 2020. Daarmee beweegt de uitstoot zich weer naar het niveau van voor corona. Vooral industrie en transport stoten meer uit.

Urgenda won eind 2019 definitief een klimaatzaak tegen de overheid. Het kabinet werd verplicht de uitstoot fors terug te dringen. In 2020 moest de CO2-uitstoot 25 procent lager liggen dan in 1990. Minnesma: ,,Door corona en omdat de kolencentrales in 2020 deels stillagen, is die doelstelling toen misschien net gehaald. Maar voor 2021 gaat dat niet lukken.”

Marjan Minnesma (rechts) knuffelt een medestander na de uitspraak van de Hoge Raad in de Urgenda-zaak in december 2019. © EPA

Maarten de Zeeuw, campagneleider klimaat en energie van Greenpeace Nederland, vindt het ‘heel problematisch’ als de klimaatdoelen niet gehaald worden. ,,Burgers moeten er op kunnen vertrouwen dat de overheid zijn afspraken nakomt. Dat gebeurt nu niet.”

Eind oktober komt het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving (PBL) overigens met een nieuwe Klimaat- en Energieverkenning. Daarin probeert het adviesorgaan van de overheid definitief vast te stellen of de Urgenda-doelen in 2020 zijn gehaald, en of ze dit jaar echt buiten beeld zijn. Conclusies daarover nu zijn voorbarig, stelt een woordvoerder.

Urgenda kondigde eerder al aan opnieuw naar de rechter te stappen als de overheid niet aan de afspraken voldoet. Minnesma schermt ook nu nadrukkelijk met het eisen van een dwangsom, mocht de CO2-afname weer lager uitvallen dan de afgesproken 25 procent.

Sluiting
Het kabinet maakt zoals gezegd wel werk van het sluiten van de kolencentrales. Ook mogen de installaties vanaf 2022 nog maar op 35 procent van hun capaciteit draaien. Daarnaast overweegt de overheid om één centrale eerder te sluiten dan in 2025, maar daarover is nog geen akkoord.

Zowel Minnesma als De Zeeuw vinden echter dat het niet hard genoeg gaat. Ze zien in de recente kolenopleving een extra signaal dat de overheid meteen moet ingrijpen bij de kolencentrales. De Zeeuw: ,,De overheid moet alles doen wat in haar macht ligt.”

De markt zou niet moeten bepalen dat er weer meer kolen verbrand worden, de overheid moet dat echt sturen

Marjan Minnesma, Urgenda
,,Je zou een noodplan moeten hebben, iets waar de jongeren al een tijd om vragen”, stelt Minnesma. ,,In heel Europa zouden de kolencentrales zo snel mogelijk naar nul moeten, om gevaarlijke gevolgen van klimaatverandering zo veel mogelijk te beperken. De markt zou niet moeten bepalen dat er weer meer kolen verbrand worden, de overheid moet dat echt sturen.”

Minder wind
Er is overigens nóg een reden dat de kolencentrales weer stevig branden. 2021 is een tegenvallend ‘windjaar’. Windmolens op land produceerden tussen januari en juni ruim 12 procent minder dan vorig jaar. In Duitsland was dit fenomeen nog veel duidelijker zichtbaar. Daar daalde het aandeel windenergie zo hard dat kolencentrales weer de belangrijkste bron van stroom zijn.

In Nederland zijn de gascentrales hofleverancier. De productie van deze centrales daalde door de extreem hoge gasprijzen sterk, van 60 procent naar 52 procent van de totale Nederlandse stroomproductie. Energiebronnen die de gaten vullen - naast kolen - zijn biomassa (30 procent meer dan in 2020), zon (plus 35 procent) en wind op zee. Het aandeel van die laatste bron verdubbelde door de ingebruikname van grote nieuwe parken zelfs ruim.

Mede dankzij de ingebruikname van een windpark bij Borssele neemt de hoeveelheid groene energie ook toe. © Ørsted / Sky Pictures

Bij elkaar opgeteld kwam 24 procent van de stroom in het eerste half jaar van 2021 uit echt schone bronnen (zon en wind), tegenover 20 procent een jaar eerder. Omdat de totale vraag naar stroom ook weer toeneemt, komt deze extra productie niet in plaats van fossiele stroom, maar erbovenop. In het tweede kwartaal was de totale uitstoot van de Nederlandse elektriciteitsproductie 2 procent hoger dan vorig jaar.

De Zeeuw (Greenpeace) vindt het onacceptabel: ,,Dat de overheid dit in 2021 nog laat gebeuren, en dat er gewoon nog kolen verstookt worden, terwijl heel veel Nederlanders keihard aan de slag zijn om hun klimaatimpact te beperken... Dat is ongehoord.”

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voda 16 september 2021 07:52

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Two First Nations Challenge Rejection of Grassy Mountain Coal Mine

Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
16 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

The Canadian Press reported that two Southern Alberta First Nations have filed for a judicial review of a federal decision rejecting a new open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains, arguing that the government failed in its duty to consult them about the project. In separate filings, the Piikani Nation and Stoney Nakoda Nations countered that the federal government ignored the economic benefits the mine would bring to their communities. Both Piikani and Stoney Nakoda have confidential impact benefit agreements with Benga. As a result, they say, the mine would bring significant economic, educational and employment advantages to their communities.

The Stoney Nakoda is comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations. Stoney Nakoda said that Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and the federal cabinet’s rejection of the mine was incorrect, unreasonable and unlawful. It added that Mr Wilkinson improperly relied on a fundamentally flawed federal-provincial review panel report to reach his decision. That report, it said, did not include the positive effect the project would have on the socioeconomic conditions of the Stoney Nakoda people. Instead, it incorrectly or unreasonably” found that the mine would have an adverse effect on the community.

Piikani Nation also took issue with Mr Wilkinson’s decision, saying he substituted his judgment for what is in the best interests of the community, rather than respect and rely on its elected leadership.

Riversdale Resources Ltd, a subsidiary of Australian mining giant Hancock Prospecting, wanted to build its Grassy Mountain project in Alberta’s Crowsnest Pass. But a joint federal-provincial regulatory panel rejected the proposal in June, followed by the federal government last month.

The Grassy Mountain mine was to be operated by Riversdale subsidiary Benga Mining Ltd. It was forecast to produce around 93 million tonnes of metallurgical coal over its 23-year life. Benga said it would create hundreds of jobs.

voda 17 september 2021 07:58

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Greenpeace Activists Demand Poland Quit Coal by 2030

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17 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

The First News reported that Greenpeace activists blockaded the entrance of the State Assets Ministry building in Warsaw as part of a protest calling for Poland to stop using coal by 2030. Greenpeace said "Over 100 people from the international All for Climate citizen movement are blocking the entrance to the ministry from the early hours of the morning, demanding that the government designate 2030 as the deadline for Poland to abandon coal.”

Joanna Flisowska, head of the climate and energy department at Greenpeace, cited in the release, said "There is a fire in the Polish energy sector and the only chance to extinguish it is to adopt a plan to quickly abandon coal. Poland wants to maintain the carbon status quo as long as possible and avoid facing the challenge of carrying out a just transition. We are fed up with this, just like we are fed up with the idle talk of politicians. We want to see effective action for the climate.”

Earlier this year the Polish government signed an agreement with mining unions to phase out the use of coal by 2049.

voda 20 september 2021 08:01

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Teck Resources May Sell Coking Coal Business

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20 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Bloomberg reported that Canadian miner Teck Resources Ltd is exploring options for its metallurgical coal business, including a sale or spinoff that could value the unit at as much as CAD 8 billion. Sources said “It is working with an adviser as it studies strategic alternatives for the business, which is one of the world’s largest exporters of the steelmaking ingredient. Exiting coal could free up resources for Teck to accelerate its plans in commodities like copper, as demand shifts to the building blocks of an electrified global economy. Deliberations are at an early stage, and Teck could still decide to keep the business.”

Teck produced more than 21 million metric tonnes of steelmaking coal last year from four locations in western Canada. The business accounted for 35% of the company’s gross profit before depreciation and amortization in 2020, according to its website.

Large commodity producers are under increasing pressure to cut back on fossil fuels in response to investor concerns over climate change. BHP Group last month agreed to sell its oil and gas assets to Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and is seeking to exit some of its coal operations. Anglo American Plc spun off its South African coal unit for a separate listing in June.

voda 20 september 2021 08:02

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China Directs Miners to Ensure Thermal Coal Supplies

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20 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Reuters reported that China’s leading coal industry associations called on the country’s top miners to double down on ensuring thermal coal supplies to help stabilise surging prices. China Coal Industry Association and China Coal Transport and Sales Association said in a joint statement “Top miners should strictly execute term supply agreements including a pricing mechanism of a floating rate over benchmark prices. Suppliers and users shall sign up additional mid-to-long term contracts on top of existing agreements and thermal coal should be prioritised. Term agreements for 2022 supplies should be expedited.”

China’s thermal coal futures have nearly doubled so far this year to 1,085 yuan per tonne.

voda 21 september 2021 07:52

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Court Convicts Domoco in Lalgarh (North) Coal Block Case

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21 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

A Delhi court’s Special Judge Arun Bharadwaj convicted the company Ranchi-based company Domco Pvt Ltd, its then Managing Director Binay Prakash, then directors Vasant Diwakar Manjrekar and Parmananda Mondal, and chartered accountant Sanjay Khandelwal under the offences dealing with cheating and criminal conspiracy of Indian Penal Code in a case pertaining to a coal scam case related to Lalgarh (North) coal block allocation

As per CBI, during the year 2000 to 2005 at Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Delhi and other places, the accused entered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat the Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Steel, the government of India so as to procure allocation of a captive Lalgarh (North) Coal Block situated in District Hazaribagh in favour of the company by making false submissions about land and financial preparedness and in order to earn undue benefits by selling the company to Electrosteel Casting Ltd. subsequent to the allocation of coal block.

In the chargesheet, the CBI said that the company had given applications to the Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Steel for captive coking block mentioning that the company planned to erect a pig iron plant of two lakh tonnes per annum capacity near Kuliadih Railway Station on Tata Nagar-Badampahar Branch line of South-Eastern Railway - Rairangpur, District Mayurbhanj, Odisha and therefore, the company requires a captive coking coal block of 30 million tonnes reserves to produce two lakh tonnes of pig iron annually.

voda 21 september 2021 07:54

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Arch Starts Production at Leer South Longwall Coal Mine

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21 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Arch Resources Inc has recently commenced production at its new Leer South longwall mine in Barbour County in West Virginia. When fully ramped, the mine is projected to produce up to 4 million tonnes per year of premium-quality, High-Vol A metallurgical coal for sale into global steel markets. Arch commenced work on the new mine just two-and-a-half years ago and invested approximately USD400 million

Leer South longwall started up at the end of August following a planned 30-day outage that accommodated the upgrading of the material handling system, and is currently in the process of system testing and integration, with the expectation that ramping will continue throughout the month of September. Arch expects Leer South to make a significant contribution to production volumes in 4Q21, and to ramp to full production mode by the start of 2022.

voda 22 september 2021 07:20

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Polish JSW Settles Wage Dispute with Unions

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22 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

The management of Polish coking coal giant Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa has finally reached an agreement with trade unions regarding the increase of wages. On September 13, the company reported that wages will be increased by 5% compared to 3.4% JSW had proposed earlier. Additionally, one-off bonuses in the range of PIN 3,100 to PLN 4,300 will be paid to workers, Metal Expert learnt. A total value of the agreement for 2021 is PLN 139.3 million, according to JSW.

In July, JSW’s former president Barbara Piontek was dismissed from the JSW management board, particularly because the unions were not satisfied with just a 3.4% increase in salaries provided in the new ten-year collective agreement.

voda 22 september 2021 07:23

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US HC Trading to Supply 150,000 Tonnes of Coal to DTEK in Ukraine

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22 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Ukrainian power utility DTEK on September 16 agreed with the American company HC Trading of Heidelberg Cement Group on the supply to Ukraine of two shiploads of American thermal coal with a total volume of 150,000 tonnes. It is expected that coal will be delivered to Ukraine in two shiploads: the first in December 2021, the second in January next year. The supply of American coal from Hamilton mine US will be carried out through the international trader Trafigura.

DTEK said the agreement on the import of coal is part of the company's preparation for the heating season, therefore the new consignments of fuel are intended primarily for the needs of Zaporizhia, Ladyzhyn and other TPPs of DTEK Energy.

This became the company's second contract for the import of coal from the United States. The first contract for the supply of 75,000 tonnes of American thermal coal was signed with another supplier at the end of August. DTEK Energy and PJSC Centrenergo in August agreed to supply 75,000 tonnes of steam coal from the United States, which they will divide equally upon arrival.

voda 22 september 2021 09:22

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President Xi: China stopt bouw buitenlandse kolencentrales
Van onze redacteur 21 sept 23:04

China wil geen nieuwe kolencentrales meer bouwen in het buitenland en armere landen helpen op een schonere manier energie te produceren. Dat heeft de Chinese president Xi Jinping dinsdagavond gezegd in een videoboodschap die werd uitgezonden tijdens de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties in New York, zo melden internationale media.

China is op dit moment de grootste uitstoter van broeikasgassen wereldwijd. Bovendien worden veel kolencentrales buiten China gebouwd met Chinees geld. Met de stap die president Xi Jinping nu neemt, zou die geldstroom in een klap verdwijnen.

Aanwijzing eerder gegeven
Een kleine aanwijzing voor de Chinese actie was er eerder dit jaar al. De afgelopen zes maanden werd er vanuit het zogeheten Belt and Road Initiative al geen geld meer uitgegeven aan kolencentrales buiten China.

Overigens is China binnen de landsgrenzen nog altijd een grootverbruiker van kolenmijnen. Uit onderzoek van het Finse Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air bleek dat China in de eerste helft van dit jaar plannen had gemaakt voor de opening van 43 nieuwe kolencentrales in het land.

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voda 23 september 2021 08:53

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Ukrainian Coal Power Plants are Dirtiest in Europe

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23 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Euromaidan Press reported that hat eight of the ten dirtiest European coal power plants by particulate matter emissions are in Ukraine, 12 of 30 by sulphur dioxide emissions and 9 of 30 by nitrogen oxide emissions. But the most astonishing fact is that the state continues to subsidize them, instead of investing in new generation methods. However, many of Ukraine’s coal power plants are old and cause significant emissions of sulphur dioxide SO2, nitrogen oxides NOx and other chemicals.

Ukraine is often neglected in global energy reports as compared to dragons such as China. Interestingly, Ukraine still formally complies with its international obligations regarding emissions, and lies in the middle of a global trend towards more renewable energy. But it should be compared with its progressive European neighbours, not with the main world polluter China. Currently, Ukraine, Turkey, and Western Balkan countries are competing in coal power air pollution in Europe, followed by Germany and Poland

According to a report by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air claims SO2 and NOx contribute significantly to higher levels of lung diseases in Ukraine.

According to the report by Ember, global wind and solar generation rose strongly in 2020 by 15% (+314 Twh), accounting for almost a tenth (9.4%) of the world’s electricity last year, doubling from 4.6% in 2015. However, last year rapid development of wind and solar generation slowed down in Ukraine because of difficulties with balancing day- and night-time generation from solar power plants – an issue less relevant to fossil or nuclear power generation. This is why the government reduced green tariffs on Ukraine’s market, causing a number of lawsuits from electricity companies. The future of wind and solar generation in Ukraine is unclear. At the same time nuclear and many coal power plants are 35- to 65-years-old and already pose a huge environmental threat.

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voda 23 september 2021 08:55

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Whitehaven Coal Vickery Extension Project Approved

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23 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Whitehaven Coal has been advised that the Federal Minister for the Environment has determined to approve the company’s Vickery Extension Project under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Whitehaven welcomes the EPBC approval, which represents the culmination of an exhaustive process of technical evaluation and stakeholder consultation at both the State and Federal levels spanning five years. This included a period of public exhibition administered by the NSW Department of Planning and the Environment, which elicited 560 public submissions, 62% of which called for the project to be approved in recognition of the substantial local economic benefits it offered, among other things.

The NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the project in August 2020.

Against the current backdrop of record high coal prices and strong demand in seaborne markets, the company sees a continuing role for high-quality coal of the type Vickery will produce in contributing to global CO2 emissions reduction and containment efforts, while simultaneously supporting economic development in its region.

voda 24 september 2021 07:54

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Huawei Launches Industrial Operating System for Coal Mines

Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
24 Sep, 2021, 6:30 am

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd launched an operating system for National Energy Group specifically designed for the coal mining industry to replace the Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems currently in use on mining equipment. The new operating system, named Kuanghong in Chinese, is based on Huawei’s in-house HarmonyOS and is the first customized operating system developed by Huawei for industrial application. The Kuanghong operating system adds more features, including a unified data protocol, which enables all underground mining equipment to use a single interface to transmit and gather data for analysis. The system is compatible with nearly 400 types of equipment used in coal mines.

The coal mining software is one of the industrial internet projects that Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has emphasized. In February Huawei opened a new lab in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan aiming to bringing innovative technology to the mining industry. Ren said Huawei’s intelligence systems could help coal mining companies reduce the number of surface workers by 60% and underground miners by 10%–20% each shift.

As part of its business response to crippling US sanctions, Huawei developed its own Harmony operating system. The company reported that users of HarmonyOS topped 100 million and that more than 1,000 hardware companies and 1.3 million developers have participated in building up the HarmonyOS ecosystem.

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