The recent production cuts announced by Australian coking coal producers point to even greater cost pressures that their US counterparts are facing.

Coal mining companies in Shanxi province are turning smart, safer and more efficient by using the latest 5G technologies.

Growth in India's renewable energy capacity is on course to easily outpace the expansion of its coal-power fleet in the current decade, given the country's broader plan to cut its dependence on the thermal fuel.

China has lowered the target for coal's share in its primary energy mix as it continues to encourage the use of cleaner energy to combat air pollution.

In the first five months, coal imports rose by 16.8 percent to hit 149 million tonnes.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining, through a video-conference from New Delhi, said an official statement.

UK-South African mining firm Anglo American has restarted its 6.5mn t/yr Moranbah North coking coal mine in Queensland, Australia, four months after a seam collapse forced its closure.

The Queensland government will fast track approvals for Switzerland-based mining firm Glencore's A$1.5mn ($1bn) Valeria thermal and coking coal mine, as it seeks to boost the state's economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.