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Coal Mining in a New Era of Mine Development
Coal remains one of the world's largest sources of energy, but the market around it is changing. Global coal demand reached about 8.85 billion tonnes in 2025, only slightly above the previous year, while the International Energy Agency expects...
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Global Coal Mine Pipeline Expands as China and India Lead
The global coal mine pipeline reached 2,521 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) across 834 proposed projects in 2025, expanding nearly 11% despite slowing coal demand and declining coal-fired electricity generation, according to Global Energy Monitor's Global Coal Mine Tracker...
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China Mulling Extraction of Critical Metals from Coal Waste
A new report says China ought to think about turning coal waste, including fly ash, into an important resource for critical metals such as germanium, aluminium, lithium as well as gallium. That, along with its vast coal and waste...
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Defunct US Coal Mines to Turn into Pumped Storage Hydropower
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory - ORNL researchers have gone ahead and successfully developed advanced modeling tools that could as well transform the thousands of abandoned coal mines of the nation into big underground reservoirs as far as energy...
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DOE of the Philippines to Bid Out 18 Coal Blocks In 3 Areas
The Department of Energy – DOE of the Philippines on February 18, 2026, confirmed that it is going to be bidding out on February 27, 2025, a total of 18 coal blocks throughout three specific geographic areas when it...
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CATL, EACON Partner to Reform Autonomous Haulage Systems
Contemporary Amperex Technology - CATL and EACON Mining Technology have gone ahead and partnered in order to transform the electric autonomy in mining.
The partnership looks to deliver smart, safe as well as sustainable solutions for the mining sector, making...
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Coal-Fired Power Plants in the U.S. to Get a $625mn Boost
On September 29, 2025, the Trump administration said that it is going to open 13 million acres of federal lands when it comes to coal mining and also offer $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as...
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