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Climate Champion Australia Digging More Coal

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The Strait of Hormuz closure has forced Asian countries to buy more coal as an alternative to disrupted gas supplies, analysts and miners said. Instead of falling, as predicted by the International Energy Agency in December, global coal demand will rise 1.2 percent to a record 8.94 billion tonnes in 2026, the agency's mid-year report forecast. The second-biggest exporter of coal, Australia is best placed to fill demand caused by the Middle East …

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The second world coal exporter co-organizes the next UN climate summit in November. As demand increases, Canberra sees an expansion of its minesAustral coal mines are expanding and are recording an explosion in their exports, even as Canberra is preparing to defend renewable energies at the next UN climate summit.The blockade of the Ormuz Strait, where one fifth of the world's oil production usually flows, is feeding the appetite of many Asian c…

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Cairns News broke the news on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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