Russia has spent the past five months swallowing up ever bigger tracts of Ukrainian coal, lithium, and uranium in the Donbass. Yet Western politicians still cling to the belief that they will be able to tap these resources to repay Ukraine’s ever mounting pile of...
Market research firm BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, says thermal coal prices will remain stagnant owing to oversupply and weak demand. The company maintains its Newcastle thermal coal price forecast for this year at an average of $135/t. Prices, which...
The economic sanctions imposed against Russia for its war in Ukraine are likely to have broad consequences, including social and economic repercussions. Whether these sanctions have some kind of useful environmental “side-effect” depends not only upon their scale, but...
More than two years after climate negotiators first attempted to consign coal to history, the dirtiest fossil fuel is having a moment. Thanks to a combination of China’s energy insecurity — pushing Beijing back to trusted power sources — plus...
Canadian exports of the kind of coal used to make electricity hit an eight-year high in 2022, even as the Liberals have promised to work on banning exports completely by the end of the decade. The Liberals made the promise during the 2021 election and it was listed in...
