Temenuzhka Petkova: Bulgaria will continue to rely on its coal plants
Bulgaria does not give up its coal plants, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on February 24 after a meeting with…
The net average wage in the extractive industry has gained over 50% last year
Workers in extractive, construction and other non-metallic mineral products (including glass, clay, ceramic, porcelain, concrete, cement and plaster) have been…
Activists occupy German coal plant site Datteln 4 in green protest
More than 100 environmentalist activists occupied the site of the yet-to-be commissioned Datteln 4 coal fired power plant in western…
Meridian: Introduction of Roşia Montană in UNESCO aims to block Europe’s largest gold and silver resource
The registration of Roşia Montană in UNESCO’s heritage sites lists does not aim to save it, but to block the…
CE Oltenia sells below cost to secure the market share and to keep prices down
UPDATE January 28 Few hours after we published this article, information emerged that Sorin Boza was replaced from the position of…
Germany’s RWE to cut one in three jobs in $2.9 bln coal exit deal
RWE, Germany’s biggest power producer, will cut about 6,000 jobs, or nearly a third of its current workforce, by 2030…
EU allocates 7.5 billion euro for mining areas and clean projects
With the European Green Pact (Green Deal), the European Commission will also allocate additional funds for the transition of carbon…
RWE can expect 2 bln. euro in lignite compensation
German utility RWE can expect around 2 billion euro ($2.22 billion) in compensation over government orders to turn off lignite…
IEA – Coal remains a major fuel, with 40% of generation
Bogdan Tudorache Coal remains a major fuel in global energy systems, accounting for almost 40% of electricity generation and more…
CE Hunedoara has enough coal to stock the winter
The coal stocks of the Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH) amount to about 16,660 tonnes, of which 11,459 tonnes are located…
Climate activists up pressure on Siemens over Australian coal mine contract
Germany’s Fridays for Future student climate protest movement has increased the pressure on engineering conglomerate Siemens for its involvement in…
The government has launched a new program for the reconversion of miners in the Jiu Valley
The government launched on Wednesday a new program of projects regarding the reconversion of the Jiu Valley miners. About two…
The Minister of Economy has sent the Control Body to the Hunedoara Energy Complex
The Minister of Economy, Energy and Business Environment, Virgil Popescu, sent the Control Body to the Hunedoara Energy Complex and…
Uricani and Paroşeni mines enter “greening” program
The Uricani and Paroseni mines from the Jiu Valley are entering the greening program, after they were closed at the…
Boza: CE Oltenia will invest from its own sources 590 million lei in 2020
The Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) has planned for this year investments of 590 million lei (about 123 million euro), from…
Pruna, USR: CE Oltenia and the Black Sea gas need urgent decisions
This year will mark the last chance for CE Oltenia to keep in the future a significant contribution to the…
Pruna, USR: Decision to subsidize EC Oltenia, a mistake
The Government’s decision granting state aid in the form of a 1.2 billion lei cash loan for the Oltenia Energy…
The government adopted the 1.2 bln. lei subsidy package for CE Oltenia
The Romanian Government approved on Monday, December 30, the Memorandum on the aid of the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) with…
Vast Resources starts drilling at Baita Plai mine in Romania
UK-based Vast Resources said on Monday that it has commenced the drilling programme at its Baita Plai polymetallic mine in…
Drop in coal use pushes Germany closer to 2020 climate target
Germany has seen a second year of significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, as coal use fell by…
Targeted action needed to curb unrelenting global demand for coal power
The world’s consumption of coal as a power source will grow further until at least 2040 if no targeted action…
Memorandum by which CE Oltenia requests a loan of 1.1 billion lei from the state, at the Minister of Finance
The memorandum by which CE Oltenia will receive part of the money necessary for the payment of the emission certificates,…
Germany will cancel EU ETS allowances in framework of coal exit – state sec
Excess emissions allowances resulting from Germany’s coal phase-out will be cancelled from the EU’s emissions trading system ETS if they…