While many challenges remain for both countries to sustain their pivot to cleaner energy, the decline in coal-power use marks a 'historic moment', researchers say

The biggest chunk of the losses will likely be borne by workers in carbon-intensive sectors, which employ almost 32 million people across the world

Beijing is looking to bring 1.28 billion tons more of coal mining capacity online over the next few years, drawing criticism from climate campaigners

BHP has seven coal mining operations generating the mineral for use in steel production in a partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi