Coal

Tahmoor Coal has been placed into voluntary administration just as the Supreme Court was set to hear a creditor's winding-up application.

The Mining and Energy Union says a firm $350 million offer is on the table to restart Tahmoor Colliery, warning delays risk the mine's future and hundreds of jobs.

There were 55 water releases from the region's coal mines in the month of January into the largest catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef.

The fate of 300 coal miners remains in limbo, as negotiations to extend a coal supply contract for Eraring Power Station stall. 

The High Court throws out an appeal by former New South Wales Labor ministers Ian MacDonald and Eddie Obeid, and Mr Obeid's son Moses, after they were convicted for conspiring over a coal mine licence.

Even as Australia appears to have passed the peak of solar uptake, demand for batteries is seemingly headed into orbit.

Administrators have put Sanjeev Gupta's Tahmoor Coal mine up for sale, seeking buyers to recover value for creditors and potentially restart operations.

Since 2022, the WA government has already tipped $300 million into propping up the insolvent Indian-owned miner, which is more than $1 billion in debt.

The operator of Australia's largest coal-fired power station is to extend the life of its plant in the NSW Hunter Valley for another two years.

About 150 jobs will be created by a new "green cement" project at a power station site which has sat vacant for nearly a decade, the SA government says.

For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset. 

The veteran miner died when the bulldozer he was operating rolled off an embankment into a pool of mud. 

Coal mining extensions and expansions will continue, the New South Wales premier says, despite a government-appointed agency finding further approvals were not consistent with emissions targets.

Soaring costs and trenchant criticism from some put the brakes on wind and transmission as the sun shines on big solar and batteries.

A local consortium is rushing to put forward a bid for the mothballed Tahmoor coal mine, saying it wants the site reopened quickly to protect hundreds of jobs.

The energy grid is not ready for the closure of the Eraring coal plant, the energy operator has warned, raising the threat of widespread blackouts in eastern Australia.

Police arrest 141 people in Newcastle Harbour for alleged marine-related offences during an anti-fossil fuel protest that began on Thursday. 

Yancoal begins plans to extend the life of its central Queensland coal mine, which would see roughly 74 million tonnes of coal extracted over the life of the mine. 

A restriction on Tahmoor Coal's licence will not be removed until $29.4 million in outstanding royalties are paid to the NSW government.

In a move that has been welcomed by climate campaigners, South Korea has vowed to phase out coal, sparking a warning for Australian exporters.