China's declining use of coal may be felt from Australia to the United States, especially the US state of Wyoming where coal is major part of the economy. Last week Premier Li Keqiang said China wanted to reduce its energy intensity ...
Tags: Metallurgy, coal, Coal Consumption
Peabody Energy estimates that Southern Powder River Basin coal prices are up about 30% in the trailing six-month period ended April 30, with SPRB stockpiles dropping below "normal" levels to 48 days use. Peabody's estimates, which were ...
Tags: coal, natural gas
Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, nuclear power plants
The top natural gas analyst at Jefferies raised his 2014 gas price forecast 8% Thursday, citing a much higher than anticipated winter price in the first quarter and the end of coal's ability to keep gas prices range-bound. "The era of too ...
Tags: natural gas, analyst, Coal
Environmentalists hoping that oil production will peak in 2014 will be disappointed. New supplies will comfortably outstrip fresh demand, preventing prices from rising. Countries leading the way will include Brazil, Iraq, America and ...
Tags: oil production, Energy
America will conclude its three-year farewell to inefficient general-purpose incandescent light bulbs on December 31, 2013, the National Lighting Bureau advises. On the following day – January 1, 2014 – it will be a violation of ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
America will conclude its three-year farewell to inefficient general-purpose incandescent light bulbs on December 31, 2013, the National Lighting Bureau advises. On the following day – January 1, 2014 – it will be a violation of ...
America will conclude its three-year farewell to inefficient general-purpose incandescent light bulbs on December 31, 2013, the National Lighting Bureau advises. On the following day – January 1, 2014 – it will be a violation of ...
Tags: Light Bulb, Lights, Lighting
Natural gas and renewables will power country's economic growth Natural gas and renewable energy are poised for boom times in China over the coming decades, and they'll be key factors in the development of the nation's economy, a global ...
Tags: Clean Energy, Energy
Experts are voicing worries over plans to reduce coal combustion by using more natural gas as the heating season approaches. The large number of coal power plants being refitted as gas power plants will increase nitric oxide emissions, ...
Tags: Natural Gas, coal combustion
Hazardous smog has hit 17 Chinese provinces and municipalities, affecting 600 million people this year. The capital, Beijing, was shrouded in smog for several days during the seven-day national holiday, disappointing visitors who wanted to ...
Tags: Air Pollution, Coal Use
The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent company of the nation's top oil and gas producer -- PetroChina, predicted on Monday that its natural gas supply at home will increase 13 percent during the upcoming winter and spring ...
Tags: Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's government pledged to cut overall coal use in eastern parts of the country and said it would reduce dependency on the fuel nationwide, as leaders struggle to respond to rising public concern over choking levels of pollution. The ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
One in five Chinese LED lighting companies may fail this year as falling prices and oversupply batter an industry that Beijing bankrolled to try to build an energy-efficient future. About 4,000 companies in China are producing LEDs, or ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED lighting sector, LED
Peabody Energy has set a 2013 capital expenditure budget of $450 million to $550 million, roughly half that of 2012, and will further defer "early-stage" projects until coal market conditions improve, the St. Louis-based producer said ...