making up roughly half of all U.S. coal exports to China. "They could have a dramatic impact. They could evolve to the point where even furloughs of mining operations are considered, " West ...

making it harder for some Russian coal mines to turn a profit, and shipments were further weighed down by sanctions, reinstated import tariffs by China, and domestic export duties. Australian ...

Semirara Mining and Power—the coal miner of billionaire Isidro Consunji and his family’s DMCI Holdings—produced a record volume of coal last year as demand from China increased. The ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Global coal consumption hit 8.77 billion metric tons in 2024, driven by surging demand from China and emerging economies. The IEA predicts coal demand will plateau by 2027, but at record-high ...