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The core businesses of China Coal, are coal production, coal chemicals and coal-bed methane exploration, mine building and coal mining equipment manufacture. It was spun off from the Ministry of Coal Industry in 1999, and held a HK$15.1 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong in 2006. In 2008, it raised 25.7 billion yuan through an IPO in Shanghai.
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The core businesses of China Coal, are coal production, coal chemicals and coal-bed methane exploration, mine building and coal mining equipment manufacture. It was spun off from the Ministry of Coal Industry in 1999, and held a HK$15.1 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong in 2006. In 2008, it raised 25.7 billion yuan through an IPO in Shanghai.
In September 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping outlined ambitious plans pledging that China would become carbon neutral by 2060. However, the country’s state-owned firms are investing billions in the coal industry overseas. These investments are not factored into domestic carbon control calculations. Plans to fund hundreds of coal plants abroad, particularly in Africa, are set to produce more emissions than major developed nations, environmentalists warn.
A gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi has killed 15 miners and injured nine, authorities said on November 19. The national safety regulator blamed the accident on mine management’s ‘greed’ and neglect. The nine injured miners are now being treated in hospital after they were rescued from the site.
A gas explosion inside a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi has killed 15 miners and injured nine, authorities said on November 19. The national safety regulator blamed the accident on mine management’s ‘greed’ and neglect. The nine injured miners are now being treated in hospital after they were rescued from the site.
China's largest oil and gas producer PetroChina has reportedly opened the country’s deepest onshore gas field.
China's largest oil and gas producer PetroChina has reportedly opened the country’s deepest onshore gas field.
US researchers find a new anti-pollution law in China has led to a drop of nearly 14 per cent in sulphur dioxide emissions at 256 coal-fired power plants.
US researchers find a new anti-pollution law in China has led to a drop of nearly 14 per cent in sulphur dioxide emissions at 256 coal-fired power plants.
The accepted environmental wisdom is that what’s bad for the coal industry is good for the planet. To be sure, China must cut its coal use. However, there is another reality – an ailing coal industry hurts the efforts to fight climate change.
The accepted environmental wisdom is that what’s bad for the coal industry is good for the planet. To be sure, China must cut its coal use. However, there is another reality – an ailing coal industry hurts the efforts to fight climate change.
In the vast, arid plateau of northern China, energy giant PetroChina and its European partner Royal Dutch Shell are busy drilling wells thousands of metres underground. They hope to assess if it's possible to expand production at the Changbei gas field in Shaanxi province.
In the vast, arid plateau of northern China, energy giant PetroChina and its European partner Royal Dutch Shell are busy drilling wells thousands of metres underground. They hope to assess if it's possible to expand production at the Changbei gas field in Shaanxi province.