India's state-controlled mining firm Coal India (CIL) has formed a joint venture with NLC India, a state-controlled lignite producer and utility, to set up thermal and solar power assets with a combined capacity of 5GW in the country.

US coking coal prices have been flat to slightly stronger early this week ahead of current third-quarter spot requirements in Europe closing.

UK-Australian resources firm BHP and its partner, Japanese trading house Mitsubishi, plan to spend $100mn on 34 autonomous trucks at their 4.5mn t/yr Daunia coking coal mine in the Bowen basin in Queensland, Australia.

Higher costs and lower thermal coal prices are likely to see Australian thermal coal mining firms report a loss for January-June.

China's major state-controlled power generating company Huaneng has announced plans to reduce its summer restocking of domestic spot coal.

In releasing its "Recover Better With Sustainable Energy Guide for African Countries" on Tuesday.

Indonesian coal producers plan to cut coal outputs in the hope of bolstering prices, an association has said.

Vietnam spent more than four billion U.S. dollars importing roughly 6.8 million tons of steel and iron in the first six months of this year.