EU states want global elimination of coal-fired power plants and fossil fuel subsidies
EU member states could call for a global shutdown of coal-fired power plants on Monday and a cessation of fossil…
Oil, gas and coal prices rally as cold winter sets in
Higher demand for oil, natural gas, and coal due to colder than usual winter temperatures in many parts of the…
Enel decommissioned a coal-fired power plant in Chile three years ahead of schedule
Enel Group, through its subsidiary Enel Generación Chile, disconnected and ceased operations at Unit I of Bocamina coal-fired power plant,…
Moise, PATRES: In 20 years, gas employees will have the same problems as miners
People now engaged in the gas sector, considered a transition fuel to clean energy, will have the same problems as…
GE is ready to support the energy transition in Romania with state-of-the-art technologies
GE has been present for many years in Romania, with good references and ongoing projects, and it has good understanding…
Mariciuc, MFE: The transition from coal to gas is not accepted in the EU, although it may seem winning in Romania
The transition from coal to natural gas, although it may seem a winning solution in Romania, is not yet accepted…
Government approved the state aid scheme for the restructuring of CE Oltenia
The Government approved a memorandum granting to the Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) a state aid for restructuring worth 1.326 billion…
NAMR will become an authority; local governments to receive part of the royalties
On November 3, the Chamber of Deputies adopted the draft law initiated by PNL amending the Mining Law 85 of…
Vast Resources restarts production at Baita Plai
Bogdan Tudorache Vast Resources, the AIM-listed mining company, announced that production has recommenced at its Baita Plai Polymetallic Mine in…
Gov’t allots 110 mln. lei this year for the closure of two mines in the Jiu Valley
The closure of two of the underground mining operations in the Jiu Valley, Lonea and Lupeni, a process that has…
CE Oltenia obtained the environmental agreement for the continuation of the exploitation at Cariera Roşia
Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) obtained the environmental agreement for the continuation of the works in the extended license perimeter of…
CE Oltenia – A 3.5 billion euros worth transformation
The overall financial effort for the restructuring of the Oltenia Energy Complex (CE Oltenia) is estimated at about 3.5 billion…
Coal company LEAG starts demolition of eastern German mining town
Coal company LEAG says it is dismantling buildings in the Sorbian town of Mühlrose in the eastern Lausitz region as…
CE Oltenia will send for approval to Brussels a restructuring plan worth 7 bln. Lei
Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) and the Ministry of Economy will send for approval to the European Commission, through the Competition…
Germany’s gypsum supply threatened by coal exit
Germany’s coal exit is threatening the country’s supply of gypsum, Steven Hanke reports in Tagesspiegel Background. More than half of…
State aid for the Lupeni Mine, approved by the Government next week
The government will approve, in next week’s meeting, the state aid for Lupeni Mine, severely affected by the floods at…
UK has taken another step towards giving up coal
The closure of the Bradley mine in the north of England marks a new step towards giving up coal in…
Vast Resources: Metallurgical tests results positive at Romanian mining project Baita
UK-based Vast Resources said on Monday that metallurgical tests at its Baita Plai polymetallic project in Romania have delivered positive…
The decarbonization plan of the Oltenia Energy Complex costs about 7 bln. lei
The investments involved in the restructuring plan of the Oltenia Energy Complex, the country’s second largest producer of electricity in…
Jiu Valley miners’ union asks the Government for the urgent establishment of the Jiu Valley EC
The leaders of the “Muntele” Union from Valea Jiului, which brings together the mining employees from the region, requested the…
Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU power generation
Renewable sources have overtaken coal, oil and gas in EU electricity generation for the first time, new analysis shows. Wind,…
Just Transition fund to exclude nuclear – some hopes for gas yet
On Monday 6 July, the EU Parliament’s Regional Development Committee approved the establishment of the Just Transition Fund (JTF) with…
Government changed the Forestry Code in order to unblock the activity of CE Oltenia
The government amended the Forestry Code by emergency ordinance to facilitate the removal from the forest fund of land necessary…