China and the United States agreed to establish a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications following a three-day summit between President Xi Jinping and President Trump in Washington.

China has agreed to purchase at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in 2027 and another 10 million metric tons in 2028.

Litigation over the EPA’s rollback of Biden-era power plant emission rules will likely put the Trump administration in the position of poking holes in a technology it has, at other times, incentivized and promoted.

Expectations were low for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington as he and Trump sought to keep the relationship on an even keel ahead of the U.S. midterms.

Platts assessed Low Vol Hard Coking Coal stable on the day at $210/metric ton FOB USEC Sept. 24, in line with tradable values heard.

An explosion occurred on Saturday at the Elga coal deposit in Yakutia, the largest coal deposit in Russia, killing four people.