The 2026 World Coal Science and Technology Innovation Conference will be held from June 10 to 12 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. AUSTMINE has announced that it will deeply support this conference as an International Supporting Organization. This move marks that following the full recovery of China-Australia energy trade, the coal industries of the two countries are moving from trade interconnection to industrial symbiosis. It also reflects the profound transformation of the global coal industry amid the wave of energy transition—shifting from regional competition to global collaboration, and from scale expansion to low-carbon upgrading.

Policy Transition and Demand Upgrading: Australia’s New Logic for Coal Industry Cooperation

As the world’s second-largest coal exporter, Australia exported a total of 77.4465 million tons of coal from January to March 2026, a slight year-on-year increase of 0.2%. The Asia-Pacific market has always been the core foundation of Australian coal exports, and the strategic value of the Chinese market continues to stand out. In March alone, Australia’s thermal coal exports to China surged 26.4% year-on-year to 3.45 million tons, remaining a critical supply supplement for China’s coastal power plants and steel industry.

Currently, Australia’s coal industry is in a deep transition phase characterized by strictly controlling incremental capacity, optimizing existing stock, and ensuring low-carbon energy security. The Climate Change Act 2022 anchors the 2050 net-zero emission target, driving emission reduction across the entire industrial chain. New South Wales, a key coal-producing state, has introduced new regulations to halt approvals for new greenfield coal mines and public coal exploration investment, and mandate large underground coal mines to implement methane reduction technologies and climate mitigation plans. These policies set clear transition boundaries: ending disorderly capacity expansion, forcing existing capacity to achieve low-carbon and efficient operations through technological upgrading, safeguarding national export revenue and Asia-Pacific energy security, while aligning with long-term carbon neutrality goals.

This transition demand aligns precisely with the core concerns of AUSTMINE. As the authoritative industry association for Australia’s mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector, AUSTMINE has more than 750 member companies. It has long been committed to promoting global mining innovation and technological progress, assisting members in expanding business networks and achieving sustainable development. Therefore, AUSTMINE’s decision to deeply partner with the 2026 World Coal Science and Technology Innovation Conference is essentially in line with Australia’s policy direction and the practical needs of its members, building a direct platform for China-Australia technology supply and demand—this is the fundamental logic behind their partnership.

The aforementioned policy constraints and market pressures have driven clear technological upgrading demands in Australia’s coal industry, laying the foundation for high complementary between China and Australia:

1. Automated mining and intelligent management systems to address labor shortages, increasing mining depth, and upgraded safety control.

2. Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and coal low-carbon conversion technologies to solve the challenge of low-cost large-scale application under emission reduction targets.

3. Digital collaboration of the industrial chain to achieve full-process traceability of coal from mining to transportation via block chain and other technologies.

China boasts the world’s most abundant application scenarios for intelligent and clean coal mining technologies and a complete industrial chain, forming a natural technology and market complementarity with Australia, providing a solid foundation for in-depth bilateral cooperation.

Two-Way Empowerment: China-Australia Partnership Creates Multi-Dimensional Value for the Global Coal Industrial Chain

This cooperation, based on multiple alignments in market, policy and technology, creates multi-dimensional core value for all parties.

For Exhibiting Enterprises

The 2026 World Coal Science and Technology Innovation Conference builds a platform for two-way and precise docking of the China-Australia coal industrial chain. Under the guidance of the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy and the Coal Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the exhibition covers innovative achievements across the entire industrial chain including intelligent mining, green exploration, clean production and low-carbon conversion. It links authoritative international institutions such as those from Mongolia, Indonesia and Poland to form a collaborative development pattern covering major coal-producing countries worldwide.

With AUSTMINE’s industry influence, Chinese intelligent equipment and low-carbon technology enterprises can directly connect with the procurement and cooperation needs of Australia’s top mining groups, break cross-border market barriers, and achieve large-scale overseas deployment of technologies and equipment. Australian coal producers can precisely access China’s core consumer markets such as power, steel and chemicals, consolidate and expand their share in China, and efficiently connect with China’s complete energy equipment supply chain, significantly reducing the cost of upgrading and transforming local mines.

For Professional Visitors ,the conference serves as a one-stop core window to access industrial solutions and broaden global perspectives. Industrial visitors from coal production, power, steel, chemicals and other sectors can not only directly connect with high-quality resources and advanced technologies from China, Australia and the world, and precisely match supply and demand, but also systematically learn from Australia’s mature mine safety management and low-carbon operation systems, as well as China’s large-scale application experience in intelligent and clean technologies, solving their own transition pain points.

Visitors from research institutes and investment institutions can obtain cutting-edge policy, market and technology information on China-Australia energy cooperation, explore new opportunities for cross-border industry-university-research cooperation and industrial investment, and support the cross-border transformation and industrialization of technological achievements.

For Participating Guests , the conference builds an authoritative platform for high-end dialogue and consensus-building in the global coal industry. Representatives of governments and industry institutions can promote coordination and mutual trust in China-Australia energy policies, resolve trade barriers, build a more resilient bilateral energy cooperation mechanism, participate in discussions on global coal industry governance rules, and build consensus on low-carbon transition.

Industry leaders can reach cross-border strategic cooperation through diverse scenarios such as main forums, parallel sessions and closed business matchmaking meetings, break down resource, technology and market barriers upstream and downstream of the China-Australia coal industrial chain, and achieve in-depth industrial symbiosis. Experts and scholars can share cutting-edge achievements in low-carbon transition, promote in-depth integration and joint research of industry-university-research between China and Australia, solve common technical problems in the industry, and provide intellectual support for the sustainable development of the global coal industry.

Anchoring a New Direction for Global Coal Industry Transition through Open Collaboration

Amid the global energy transition, coal’s role as a foundational energy source for security and supply remains irreplaceable. As two core players in the global coal industry, China has a complete industrial chain and rich technology application scenarios, while Australia possesses top-tier resource endowments and a mature industrial management system. Deepened cooperation between the two sides is not only an inevitable choice for mutual benefit and win-win results, but also a key engine driving the green, low-carbon, safe and efficient development of the global coal industry.

With an attitude of openness and collaboration, the 2026 World Coal Science and Technology Innovation Conference is building a core bridge for cooperation between China, Australia and the world, injecting new momentum into industrial transition, and exploring a forward-looking cooperation path for the coordinated achievement of global energy security and carbon neutrality goals.

Register now: https://s.31url.cn/rl9jRwJT

📅 Date: June 10–12, 2026

📍 Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre