Pada semester pertama (H1), Zhengzhou mencatatkan transaksi kumulatif sebanyak 15 lahan perumahan, dengan tingkat premi mencapai 12,2%, yang merupakan tingkat tertinggi dalam hampir dua tahun.

SNT Energy announced on 2 September that it had signed a contract with Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. to supply heat recovery steam generators for the Hadong LNG combined-cycle power plant. The contract is valued at approximately KRW 128.2 billion and runs from September 2026 to December 2029. SNT Energy will form a consortium with Doosan Enerbility and will be responsible for supplying the heat recovery steam generators, a core component of the combined-cycle plant. The project is intended to replace the aging Hadong coal-fired Units 2 and 3 with a new high-efficiency LNG combined-cycle power plant, but their formal retirement date, the commissioning date of the new gas-fired plant, current coal consumption, or the volume of coal demand expected to be displaced is not being disclosed yet.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported coal production of 10.953 million short tons for the week ending August 29, 2026, up approximately 3.4% from 10.595 million short tons in the previous week and 2.5% from 10.686 million short tons in the corresponding week of 2025. Year-to-date U.S. coal production reached 341.383 million short tons, remaining 2.4% below the 349.951 million short tons produced during the same period of 2025. Western production totaled 6.072 million short tons during the week, accounting for approximately 55.4% of national output. Appalachian and Interior production stood at 3.274 million and 1.607 million short tons, respectively. Wyoming was the largest individual state producer listed in the article, with weekly output of 4.624 million short tons.

JFE Steel memulai operasional Oven Kokas No. 6 yang baru dibangun di area Fukuyama, West Japan Works, pada 31 Agustus 2026. Proyek ini dibangun antara Mei 2023 dan Agustus 2026 dengan investasi sekitar JPY 45 miliar dan memiliki kapasitas produksi kokas tahunan sekitar 420.000 ton. Fasilitas ini merupakan oven kokas skala besar pertama di Jepang yang mengadopsi metode stamp-charging. Berbeda dengan pengisian dari atas konvensional, proses ini memadatkan bubuk batu bara sebelum mendorongnya secara horizontal ke dalam oven. Menurut artikel yang disediakan, desain baru ini meningkatkan efisiensi produksi dan mengurangi biaya operasional melalui kualitas kokas yang lebih baik.