More than a third of Germany's electricity is still produced by burning coal - mostly dirty brown lignite - and environmental activists are fighting to change this. A small area of forest not far ...

An Expression of Interest (EoI) for shortlisting licensors of coal gasification technology for a proposed coal-based ...

Lignite, or brown coal, may be a climate killer, but since the 19th century it has been key to the identity of the Lusatia industrial region on the Polish border, known as the Lausitz in German.

By distilling bituminous coal in retorts to obtain gas for illumination, or by burning it in kilns or pits, the residue left behind is called coke, which is simply coal charcoal, and is nearly ...

China accounts for more than half of the world's pipeline of new coal mines, risking a significant increase in methane ...

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The coal industry continues to be one of the world’s largest suppliers of energy. In the United States alone, about half a billion short tons of coal are converted to energy every year.

Many communities in Eastern Kentucky that rely heavily on a coal economy are seeing that lifeblood rapidly slip away. (Scott ...

Coal and lignite production in India crossed 1 billion tonnes in 2023-24, as of March 22, in line with the government's target for this financial year. The output was 6.7% higher year-on-year.

More recently, supplies have come from blending coal imported from Australia and South Africa. An original electrical switchboard at Ratcliffe Mark Power/Magnum Photos As output contracted ...

Across the world, coal had been used as a source of heat for thousands of years. It produced more heat and was cleaner than burning wood. One important use of coal was the making of iron ...

China has accounted for about 97% of the world’s increase in coal production since 2018. Now, however, it has been left with a vast and slowly deteriorating pile of solid fuel.