Floods, poor planning, the recent rise in prices, plus China's hungry power stations have all played their part in India’s coal stocks running dangerously low.

All industrial and commercial users will have to buy directly from the market or agents over the grid – just 44% do this now – in a move aimed at stopping high energy consumption

Officials order 72 mines in Inner Mongolia to boost coal production by nearly 100 million tonnes as China battles worst power crunch and coal shortage in years

Once tipped as a global growth pole for LNG adoption, Southeast Asia is now rethinking its energy mix plans as prices double in a month

China is releasing Australian coal from bonded storage, despite an unofficial import ban imposed a year ago, as it scrambles to ease a national power crunch caused by a coal shortage

Leading power company tells its plants to buy more fuel as millions lose electricity in country’s northeast, amid reports that top government leaders are not happy about the situation

State planner calls on railways and local officials to rush vital coal supplies to utilities, as industrial output in the northeast has been crippled by power cuts and supplies for winter are low.

BMO Global Asset Management and Aviva are among six financial institutions seeking to win ESG concessions from companies they back

Energy authority says all channels are open to obtaining more supplies, as provincial leader calls for additional sourcing. Factories owned by Apple and Tesla affected.

While the Chinese leader's coal statement was welcomed, critics say China has over half the world’s coal plants and that Xi failed to reveal if Beijing will stop projects already begun or approved.

The company, which supplies Apple and Qualcomm, will ‘set related mitigation measures’ and actively adopt the use of renewable energy

Officials on Hainan Island are considering setting up an international carbon emissions trading exchange to connect China's national trading scheme with the global market