Explosion at Russia's largest coal deposit kills four people
An explosion at the Elga coal deposit in Yakutia left four people dead on Saturday, according to media reports.
An explosion at the Elga coal deposit in Yakutia left four people dead on Saturday, according to media reports.

Coal deliveries to Russia's power sector are expected to reach 90-100 million tons by 2030 and 85-125 million tons by 2050, according to TASS.

A forecast projects Russian domestic coal supplies climbing from 179 million tons in 2024 to 199.2 million tons by 2030, part of a broader long-term production increase.

Russian coal imports are planned at 13 million tons in 2030, dropping to 12 million tons annually by 2036 and 2050, under a target scenario.

Coal industry could contribute $42.7 billion to Russian GDP in nominal prices by 2050, according to projections.
State plan calls for developing new deposits and production centers in the country's east.

The Environment Protection Agency says rolling back the rules will save billions of dollars and lower energy prices, according to a BBC report.

A report from France 24 — English sets out the main available details, with claims kept attributed to their sources.

A court has thrown out a Department of Energy declaration that kept a coal-fired power plant running past its planned closure, finding the claimed energy emergency did not exist, according to Ars Technica.
A report from TASS (Russia) sets out the main available details, with claims kept attributed to their sources.

Bangladeshi complainants allege the British bank's backing of the Rampal power station breaches international guidelines, citing pollution and climate risks to the world's largest mangrove forest.