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Vessel Docks to Load Australian Roy Hill Mine's 1st Iron Ore Shipment
Dec 2, 2015Australian miner Roy Hill said Tuesday the first vessel has docked at its newly completed South West Creek Wharf in Port Hedland in readiness for loading iron ore fines and lump from its new mining operation. The vessel MV Anangel ...
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Repairs to New Panama Canal Locks to Be Completed by January: ACP
Dec 2, 2015Repairs to reinforce the sills of the Panama Canal's new locks, which were found to be deficient earlier this year, will be completed by January 2016, the Canal Authority of Panama (ACP) said Tuesday. During routine operational testing of ...
Tags: ACPH, Locks, LNG-tanker traffic
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Vietnam's Vinacomin to Import 1.5-2 Mil Mt Coal in 2016, up From 500,000 Mt
Dec 2, 2015Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries, or Vinacomin, plans to import 1.5 million-2 million mt of coal in 2016, up from about 500,000 mt this year, the company said Thursday. Vinacomin's coal imports are expected to hit 10 million mt in ...
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Ukraine Seeks Imports of Anthracite Coal as Shortages Loom
Dec 2, 2015Ukraine is seeking extra imports of anthracite coal from South Africa and other sources on looming shortages after supplies from Russia and territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk regions were suspended, ...
Tags: Coal, anthracite, natural gas
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Paris 2015: UN Climate Deal to Boost Clean Power, Curb Coal: UBS
Dec 2, 2015The UN global climate negotiations in Paris starting Monday are likely to drive further investment in renewable energy, prompt a switch to electrification in heating and transport and further curb coal-fired power, Swiss bank UBS said in a ...
Tags: coal-fired power, decarbonized economy, wind, solar
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Turkey Oct Thermal Coal Imports Jump to Record High of 2.92 Mil Mt: TUIK
Dec 2, 2015Turkey's October imports of bituminous thermal coal rose to an all-time monthly high of 2.921 million mt, following record shipments of Colombian and Russian coal, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). October ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, coking coal
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Coal Generation Falls More Than Most US Utilities Had Forecast: Retac Survey
Dec 2, 2015Utilities are burning less coal than they previously expected, a survey the US Surface Transportation Board conducted shows. During a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing Tuesday in Washington, committee member John Carr, ...
Tags: natural gas, Coal Generation
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French Prompt Power Prices Fall as Load Forecast Revised Down
Dec 2, 2015French prompt power prices fell Thursday after demand forecasts for Friday and into next week were revised lower amid an expected increase in wind generation in France and Germany, sources said. Friday baseload was last heard trading at ...
Tags: power prices, Gas, coal
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Germany Adds 81 MW of Solar PV Capacity in Oct as Total Reaches 39.5 GW
Dec 2, 2015Germany has added 81 MW of new solar PV capacity in October, bringing total installed solar PV capacity registered for funding to 39.484 GW, the latest monthly data from the federal grid regulator BNetzA shows. Annual solar growth is set to ...
Tags: solar PV, EEG, electricity market
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Transmission Project No Factor in Idling Houston-Area Plant: Calpine
Dec 2, 2015Calpine plans to suspend operations on February 22, 2016 at its 91-MW cogeneration facility near Houston, but a major transmission project on which state regulators are to decide Thursday was not a factor, a spokesman said. The Electric ...
Tags: natural gas, Calpine, ERCOT
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UK Day-Ahead Power Prices Move Sideways on Mixed Market Signals
Dec 2, 2015UK day-ahead power prices were mixed on Tuesday, moving in opposite directions for the second consecutive day this week, as healthy wind supply and weak NBP spot market offset bullish influence of rising demand. At the Platts 1100 GMT, ...
Tags: gas-fired power, coal-fired power, NBP gas
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ERCOT to Have Tighter Power Supply in Summer 2016: Report
Dec 2, 2015An Electric Reliability Council of Texas report released Tuesday shows the independent system operator expects the supply of electricity to be tighter in summer 2016 than it did in the May version of the report. ERCOT's Capacity, Demand ...
Tags: ERCOT, wind power, solar, CDR
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Argentina's Next Energy Minister Aims to Lure Fresh Investment
Dec 2, 2015Juan Jose Aranguren, the next energy minister of Argentina, said Friday he will seek to rebuild investor confidence in the country by improving business conditions after taking office December 10. "We need, as in other sectors of economic ...
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Iran Expects Sanctions on Oil, Gas Sector to Be Lifted From Jan 2016: Official
Dec 2, 2015Sanctions on Iran's oil and gas sector could be lifted in the first week of January, according to Amir Hossein Zamaninia, Iran's deputy oil minister for international affairs Saturday, as the country seeks an agreement with OPEC to ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Iran's oil
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NYMEX January Gas Futures Settle at $2.235/Mmbtu, up 2.3 Cents
Dec 2, 2015The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract rebounded Monday from Friday's selloff to settle at $2.235/MMBtu, up 2.3 cents. The January contract dropped 8.7 cents Friday to settle at $2.212/MMBtu on the contract's first day in the ...
Tags: Gas, natural gas market, weather
