We welcome article submissions from experts in the areas of coal, mining,
shipping, etc.
To Submit your article please click here.
|
|
|
Thursday, 26 November 15
ITALY'S STEAM COAL IMPORTS EXPECTED TO REACH 16 MILLION TONS AND COKING COAL IMPORTS TO AMOUNT TO 4 MILLION TONS - ASSOCARBONI
 ASSOCARBONI LOOKS AT COAL FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
- “Coal has made huge steps towards environmental sustainability, making itself the fuel of choice to accompany the growth of renewables on the path of climate change mitigation. The COP21 will have to take this into account” - Andrea Clavarino, Chairman of the Italian Coal Association (Assocarboni)
- Italy’s coal imports to remain flat in 2015 while Global seaborne coal trade to stabilise at 2014 levels at 1.2 billion tons this year - Assocarboni
COALspot.com: In 2015 Italy will import 16 million tons of steam coal and 4 million tons of coking coal, reflecting a flat growth trend from a year ago. At a global level seaborne coal trade is set to stabilise at 1.2 billion tons, after 10 years of steady growth of 3,5%, and production is forecast at 7.2 billion tons, stable compared to 2014, said ASSOCARBONI in its press report.
The upcoming 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21), to be held in Paris from 30th November until 11th December 2015, Andrea Clavarino - who is delegate of the Italian Government to the CIAB board, the coal consultative body of the International Energy Agency, IEA – called for an effective climate agreement, able to integrate environmental imperatives with the legitimate aims of energy security, economic development and ending poverty.
ASSOCARBONI report further noted that, according to the IEA, coal provides 41% of global electricity and is an essential raw material in the production of steel and cement, accounting for 70% and 90% of their respective global production. Moreover, the installed power generation capacity from coal will grow from 1,805 GW today to 2,843 GW in 2040.
ASSOCARBONI believes the provision of secure, low-cost, reliable electricity, the development of infrastructure and the option to produce liquid fuels are three specific ways in which coal directly contributes to greater economic growth, job creation, and higher personal income and wealth.
The deployment of high efficiency low emission (HELE) power plants, using technology already available today, is the first step in the pathway towards the adoption of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which is key to achieving global climate goals.
Modern high efficiency low emission coal plants, now available and producing electricity in Italy, emit 25-33% less CO2 and can significantly reduce or eliminate non-carbon emissions compared to older, less efficient subcritical technology.
According to ASSOCARBONI press note, Italian coal operators have shown an extraordinary ability to focus on innovation: all the Italian coal plants have obtained the stringent European environmental certifications (EMAS) and boast an average efficiency of 40%, with a peak of 46% in Torrevaldaliga Nord plant, which is only achieved by two other plants globally, in Japan and Denmark.
If these highly efficient technologies were extended to the over 3,000 inefficient coal plants, with an average efficiency of 33%, operating in the developing countries, 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 per year would be eliminated, according to the estimates of the European Power Plant Suppliers Association (EPPSA).
This result would be equivalent to two and a half times the 600 million tons of CO2 that are already avoided thanks to renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, with the total cost of subsidy estimated at USD 120 billion.
Furthermore, coal combustion technologies continue to evolve. There is additional potential beyond current HELE technology for future deployment of advanced ultra-supercritical and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) plants. These technologies are likely to be commercially available around 2020, with efficiencies approaching 50%.
Thus coal is not in contrast with an increasing use of renewable energy, but instead coal and renewable complement one another and are partners in meeting present and future energy needs.
In this respect, Assocarboni is in favour of an international mechanism to provide financial support to countries building high efficiency low emission coal plants. In the last decades, growth in renewable energy technology has been driven by investment incentives and supporting policies, such as feed-in-tariffs, contracts for difference and other mechanisms.
In order to achieve climate mitigation goals, a widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage technology is fundamental. However, this will not be possible until CCS receives policy parity with renewable energies.
“Over the last decades, the coal industry has made huge steps towards environmental sustainability. Today coal guarantees cost effectiveness and energy security and it is therefore the optimal fuel to accompany the growth of renewables on the path of climate change mitigation. The COP21 will have to take this into account”, Clavarino concluded.
 About: ASSOCARBONI
ASSOCARBONI is a non-profit organisation founded in 1897, which represents national and international companies engaged in solid fuels. Its head office is in Rome and it has representative offices in London and Brussels. On a national level, Assocarboni is member of Confindustria Energia and sits in the Board of Directors of the Fuel Experimental Station, a fuel research institute within the Ministry of Economic Development.
On an international level, Assocarboni is member of CIAB (Coal Industry Advisory Board) – a section of the International Energy Agency (IEA) which brings together more than 40 companies (both energy producing and electric generation companies) from 14 different countries - of WCA (World Coal Association) in London and of the “Working Party on Coal” of the ECEUN Energy Committee in Geneva.
If you believe an article violates your rights or the rights of others, please contact us.
|
|
Monday, 16 November 15
KOMIPO INVITES BIDS FOR 1.295 MILLION TONS OF BITUMINOUS COAL FOR Q1 - Q2'16
COALspot.com: South Korean state-owned utility Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO) issued an new tender for 1,295,000 Metric Tons (MT) of minimum 4,600 kc ...
Monday, 16 November 15
SOUTH CHINA COAL SWAPS DECLINE CONTINUES THIS PAST WEEK
COALspot.com: API 8 CFR South China Coal swap for Q1’ 2016 delivery declined US$ 6.05 (12.59%) per ton month over month.
A commodity swa ...
Monday, 16 November 15
CLARKSEA INDEX COMPETITION: IS IT ALL IN THE TIMING? - CLARKSONS
Readers of the Shipping Intelligence Weekly are invited each year to predict the value of the ClarkSea Index one year ahead in the first week of No ...
Monday, 16 November 15
DRY BULK MARKET: Q1' 2016 SHAPING UP TO BE A ' DISASTROUS' ONE OF PROJECTED LOWER IRON ORE IMPORTS FROM CHINA
Over the course of the past year or so, it’s been the drop of coal imports from China, which has had a detrimental effect on the course of dr ...
Friday, 13 November 15
WEAK CHINA POWER DEMAND DAMPENS COAL CONSUMPTION - FITCH
The weak growth in China's electricity consumption in 2015, together with increasing non-thermal power generation capacity are exerting more pr ...
|
|
|
Showing 2711 to 2715 news of total 6871 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
 |
|
|
| |
|
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- The University of Queensland
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Planning Commission, India
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
|
| |
| |
|
