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…
German lignite exit contract lacks transparency on compensation – think tank
Experts have criticised the lack of transparency in the contract between lignite operators and the German state, presented by the…
Germany will offer more than 4 bln. euro to closing lignite operators
Germany is one step closer to finalising legislation on the planned coal exit by 2038 at the latest, as the…
CfD for renewables, nuclear, power storage and CCUS in Romania
Romanian Government approved the general principles regarding the implementation of Contracts for Difference. This opens the way for the Ministry…
Nicolescu (Deloitte): There is a lot of talk about closing coal mines, but there are solutions for capturing and storing emissions
Closure of coal mines is under European debate, but there are solutions for this coal to be absolutely environmentally neutral,…
Hunedoara Energy Complex’ insolvency complicates a major investment of Romgaz
The insolvency of the coal-fired energy producer Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH), wholly owned by the Romanian state through the Ministry…
Miners could organize new protests in Bucharest
Miners are threatening to protest in Bucharest after Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said all coal groups would be closed. Manu…
Renewables surpass coal in US energy generation for first time in 130 years
Solar, wind and other renewable sources have toppled coal in energy generation in the United States for the first time…
The transition of mining areas affected by the gradual elimination of coal would cost Romania 700 million euro
Romania needs 700 million euro for the transition of mining areas affected by the gradual elimination of coal from the…