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11
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17 April 2016
Munich, Germany
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14
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16 April 2016
Beijing, China
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18 – 21 April 2016
New Orleans, USA
Coal Prep 2016
25 – 27 April 2016
Louisville, USA
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10 – 11 May 2016
Krakow, Poland
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18 – 19 May 2016
Aachen, Germany
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29 – 31 May 2016
Bali, Indonesia
CAC Conference 2016
8 – 10 June 2016
Vancouver, Canada
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20 – 21 June 2016
Hong Kong
Hillhead 2016
28 – 30 June 2016
Buxton, UK
XVIII International Coal Preparation Congress
28 June – 1 July 2016
St. Petersburg, Russia
icpc-2016.com
MINExpo 2016
26 – 28 September 2016
Las Vegas, US
Coal News
Coal News
I
ndia is to invest in its coal processing
capacity with new coal washeries to be
operational by next autumn, according to
local press reports.
The Coal Ministry told a Parliamentary
Consultative Committee meeting in
Tirupati, Uttar Pradesh, that India’s
current coal washing capacity totalled
38 million tpa at 15 washeries. An
additional 15 plants were now planned to
boost capacity and were expected to be
operational by next September in order to
help meet the demand for washed coal to
comply with environmental regulations,
the ministry said.
India has already been investing in its
coal processing capacity with 63.8 million t
of coal crushing capacity installed during
last year. This capacity comes in the form
of mobile crushers and feeder breakers.
Since January 2016, it has been mandatory
to supply correctly-sized coal to power
sector consumers.
Following the announcement from the
Coal Ministry, Adani Enterprises said it
had established a coal-washing business:
Korba Clean Coal Pvt Ltd. Adani also said
it had been ramping up its coal production
from the Parsa Kente coal block over the
first nine months of the 2015 fiscal year.
Washed coal production stood at
3.7 million t compared to 2.1 million t the
year before.
India has been successfully increasing
its production of coal to meet domestic
power needs, aiming to produce over
700 million t by the end of the current
fiscal year on 31 March. However, the
country is likely to fall short of its target
of 1.5 billion t of annual production by
2020, according to BMI Research,
reaching only just over 1 billion t by that
time as challenges remain, including the
threat of strikes by coal miners, a slow
approvals process and limited rail
infrastructure.
A
coalition of state officials and
more than 150 other organisations
have presented opening arguments
against the US Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP)
in the US Court of Appeals for the
DC Circuit. Led by the state attorneys
generals of West Virginia and Texas, the
coalition briefs challenge the legality of
the CPP.
“The bipartisan coalition’s filing
demonstrates in details EPA’s efforts to
transform itself into a central energy
planning authority,” West Virginia Attorney
General, Patrick Morrisey, said. “This rule,
which exceeds EPA’s authority and
sidesteps Congress, must be stopped.”
Two weeks ago, the US Supreme Court
stayed implementation of the plan until
the Court of Appeals makes its ruling,
expected over the summer.
The US Chamber of Commerce, which is
one of many organisations joining the
lawsuit and lead petitioner in a coalition of
16 national trade associations that have
lined up against the regulations, welcomed
the start of the legal challenge, saying it was
“confident in our case”.
“The sheer number and diversity of
challengers in this case is itself a powerful
statement against EPA’s overreach,”
continued Karen Harbert, president and
CEO of the chamber’s Institute for 21
st
Century Energy, in a press statement. “Not
only is the rule unlawful, it’s also bad
policy,” arguing that it threatens a key part
of the US’s competitive advantage: a diverse
energy mix.
INDIA
Investment in coal washing capacity
USA
Challenge to CPP kicks off in DC court
