Industry: Coal

Poland held liable over coal project

An Australian mining company says it has won compensation of £252 million in a pair of investment treaty claims against Poland over the obstruction of a coal project.

08 October 2024

Danish utility reports win against sanctioned Russian coal supplier

A Danish state-owned utility says an arbitral tribunal has affirmed its right to cancel a coal supply contract with a Russian entity because of EU sanctions. 

24 September 2024

ICC to hear Indian-Indonesian coal supply dispute

Indian electric utility Tata Power is facing an ICC claim brought by an Indonesian contractor over supply of coal to a power plant in Mumbai – and says it has filed counterclaims increasing the value of the dispute to more than US$335 million. 

20 September 2024

Glencore and Bolivia both seek to annul awards

Glencore has applied to partially annul an ICSID award that dismissed the bulk of its claim against Colombia over a port facility – while Bolivia is seeking to overturn an ICC award won by Dutch oil giant Shell.

28 August 2024

Colombia liable in Glencore claim 

An ICSID tribunal has found Colombia liable in a US$64.5 million claim by Glencore over access to a port facility – although the state says around 85% of the commodities trader’s damages claims were dismissed. 

23 April 2024

Mozambique defeats treaty claim over rail project

A divided UNCITRAL tribunal has thrown out an Indian investor’s US$156 million treaty claim against Mozambique over a rail and port project.

29 February 2024

Final award in Bosnian power plant dispute

Slovenia’s state electricity producer says it has won €58 million in interest in a final award against the owner of a coal-fired power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina – clearing the way for a related ICSID case to resume.

07 November 2023

RWE to withdraw ECT claim against Netherlands

German energy company RWE is withdrawing its Energy Charter Treaty claim against the Netherlands over coal phase-out legislation – months after a German court ruled it was inadmissible.

03 November 2023

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