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.

China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood at 125.07 points Monday, up 0.55 percent week on week.

China's major steel companies saw their profitability improve in May as demand picked up, the latest data showed.

Chinese builders completed construction on the 832.2-meter-long Yuanjiang Super Railway Bridge, spanning the V-shaped Honghe River Canyon in Southwest China's Yunnan province.

Germany's lower parliament Bundestag approved the gradual coal phase-out by 2038 on Friday.

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

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