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Russia blocks coal supplies to Ukraine through Belarus
Ukrainian MP Mykhailo Volynets, who serves as the chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, has said that Russia has begun blocking coal exports to Ukraine via Belarus, Kosatka Media has reported.
read more... 11/10/2019
Endesa to close entire Iberian coal fleet
Endesa plans to close all its Iberian coal-fired power stations, ending production from two of Spain's largest power stations, the 1.4 GW As Pontes and 1.1 GW Litoral de Almeria plants, it said late Friday.
read more... 01/10/2019
Poland opens first coal mine in 25 years
The Bzie-Debina mine was built by Polish mining company JSW, the biggest producer of coking coal in the EU.
read more... 26/09/2019
Greece and Hungary to phase out coal by 2028 and 2030 respectively
Greece and Hungary have announced they plan to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2028 and 2030 respectively.
read more... 25/09/2019
Germany to start closing black coal plants in 2020 - draft law
Germany plans to shut down its first power plants that use black coal in 2020, a draft law seen by Reuters on Thursday showed, as part of a planned phase-out of coal by 2038 expected to cost at least 40 billion euros ($44 billion).
read more... 06/09/2019