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Did BHP & friends just blow $1.3bn on a Colombian coal project?
Have three of the world’s biggest coal exporters just blown US$1.3 billion on a stranded coal asset?
Bob Burton

Jun 10, 2015

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Coal, hard reality: How did industry get China’s coal demand so wrong?
In 2013, high-profile energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie predicted Chinese coal demand would double by 2030. How did they get it so wrong?
Bob Burton

Jun 3, 2015

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What big coal’s happy-clappers missed about Vietnam’s growing coal headache
The fossil fuel industry continues to peddle the shop-worn storyline that more coal will be the salvation of the energy poor. But the energy poor are not so sure.
Bob Burton

Apr 27, 2015

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Credit pressures growing on coal miners, power generators, warns Moody’s
Moody’s says increasing carbon liabilities and rise of solar power having a tangible impact on credit rating of carbon intensive industries.
Bob Burton

Apr 1, 2015

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FutureGen’s demise another blow to CCS
In another blow to CCS promoters, the US FutureGen 2.0 coal power project has collapsed after the Department of Energy withdrew funding for the plant.
Bob Burton

Feb 5, 2015

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Big Coal’s 2014 nightmare
If 2013 was ‘annus horribilus’ for the global coal industry, 2014 has become its never-ending nightmare.
Bob Burton

Dec 19, 2014

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Indonesian coal lobby urges ‘shock therapy’ cuts to production
Indonesian Coal Mining Association proposes local companies slash 2015 production by 100m tonnes, effectively shuttering almost 25% of production in a year.
Bob Burton

Dec 8, 2014

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BHP Billiton’s short-lived climate cuddle
The climate-friendly bonhomie of BHP Billiton’s Chairman, Jac Nasser, didn’t last long into question time at the company’s AGM in Adelaide late last week.
Bob Burton

Nov 24, 2014

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How hot is too hot for BHP Billiton?
There is a simple question that BHP-Billiton doesn’t address in their voluminous reports to shareholders: how hot is too hot in a warming world?
Bob Burton

Nov 19, 2014

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South African blackouts dent big coal’s sales pitch
The collapse of a coal storage silo at a major power station in South Africa last Saturday has crippled the credibility of the government-owned utility Eskom. And the case for coal.
Bob Burton

Nov 6, 2014

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Is the Boundary Dam CCS plant in Canada really a success story?
The launch of Canada’s 110MW Boundary Dam CCS plant was sold as a huge achievement, but in reality it illustrates the huge challenges CCS still faces.
Bob Burton

Oct 9, 2014

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Stand back! Big Coal has formed a CCS roundtable
Most energy analysts think CCS is on death row due to high costs, but the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) have banged the CCS drum once more.
Bob Burton

Oct 5, 2014

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