Technological development in coal gasification for power generation and for production of syngas in the frame of IGCC and poly-generation still continues. New conceptions of effective and efficient coal gasification appeared. The conceptions utilize combination of down-moving bed and fluidized bed with inner circulation, new variants of multi-stage entrained flow gasification and integration of IGCC processes with CO2 separation (IGCC+CCS and oxy-fuel IGCC). There are also attempts to integrate IGCC with high temperature fuel cells. Similarly as in combustion processes, metallic oxides are tested as oxygen transferring materials in gasification processes. Problems to be solved in new coal gasification technologies (IGCC, production of syngas and chemicals) are: cheaper oxygen separation from air, reliable feeding of coal into pressurized gasification reactors, efficient and safe gas cleaning and cooling.