The International Energy Agency reports global coal demand is expected to hit a new record high in 2025. In the U.S. and ...

After seven months of burning North Dakota-mined lignite coal, UND's steam plant is switching back to sub-bituminous coal from Montana and Wyoming to heat its campus. That decision was made after ash ...

Aug 15 - Coal is used to produce 40 percent of the world's electricty, most of its steel and the cement in its buildings and shows no sign of losing popularity. It is made of old organic matter which ...

Coal is not generally thought of as a clean fuel source, but it might yet have a role to play in the push for greener energy. Researchers say that it could be a great material in which to store ...

Anthracite mined in Northeast Pennsylvania has the highest grade of carbon in the world and is a different product than what politicians refer to when they call for “No More Coal,” a local mining ...

Following the purchase of two mature assets, Australian miner Whitehaven Coal has added metallurgical coal production on top of its traditional thermal coal mining activities. The purchase has also ...

On 30 September 2024, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, the UK’s last coal-fired power plant, shut off its last operating unit, Unit 4, for the last time. The shutdown marked the end of 142 years of coal-fired power ...

Competition from natural gas and renewable resources will likely lead to the retirement of 23% of the 200,568 MW of coal-fired capacity currently operating in the United States by the end of 2029, ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Coal was a source of energy and mining coal in Pennsylvania dates back to the 1700s and was used for power, to heat homes, and to produce steel. Pennsylvania played a huge role ...