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• Adani’s coal mine project hit by ownership controversy

  09 Feb 2015

  Indian mining giant Adani’s 16 billion dollar mining project in Australia’s Queensland... . ...Read More

• Greens plan to end all coal mining in NSW

  09 Feb 2015

  The NSW Greens want to end all coal mining in the state and create a new economic model by focusin... . ...Read More

• Norway Divests From Coal, Makes UN Emissions Pledge

  09 Feb 2015

  The first-ever announcement of a national divestment move — the government of Norway’s... . ...Read More

• From bad to worse for US coal companies

  09 Feb 2015

  The No.2 US coal company, Arch, announced last week it lost over $500 million* last year. Arch r... . ...Read More

• Adani, GVK coal ventures in new doubts over Australia state poll, Reef

  06 Feb 2015

  A shock state election result in Australia's coal-rich Queensland state and heightened pressur... . ...Read More

• Govt receives 176 technical bids for 23 coal blocks

  06 Feb 2015

  The tender process for the Scheduled II 23 coal mines was started on 27 December, 2014 with the re... . ...Read More

• Coal India TUs to hold talks with Centre on Feb 16

  06 Feb 2015

  The five central trade unions of state-owned Coal India Ltd. (CIL) will meet coal ministry joint s... . ...Read More

• SCCL moots action plan to bid for coal blocks

  06 Feb 2015

  In continuation of the efforts to expand its horizon of coal mining activities, the State-owned Si... . ...Read More

• Black flag welcome to Union coal secretary

  06 Feb 2015

  Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup was greeted with black flags by coal workers during his maiden vi... . ...Read More

• Coal-supplier ‘bloodshed’ seen as small miners exposed: IHS

  06 Feb 2015

  The price of coal, which has declined more than 50 percent since 2011, may fall further this year,... . ...Read More

• EPA’s carbon regs could cut Wyo. coal output 45% by 2030

  06 Feb 2015

    According to a yet-to-be-released study by the University of Wyoming’s Center for E... . ...Read More

• No fuel oil; new power plants to run on coal or LNG

  06 Feb 2015

  Under a policy aimed at turning attention away from fuel oil, the government has planned to impose... . ...Read More

• Holyoke meeting set on reuse and clean-up of former coal plant, with owner representatives set to attend

  06 Feb 2015

  Another in a series of community discussions about what to do with the closed Mount Tom Power Stat... . ...Read More

• Coal carloads reach year-highs for three major US railways: AAR

  06 Feb 2015

  US railroads originated 116,794 coal carloads during the week ended January 31, up 4.4% from the y... . ...Read More

• Shipping costs test new low as China coal Imports slide: Freight

  06 Feb 2015

  Tumbling demand for coal in China and weakening growth in the nation’s iron ore purchases ha... . ...Read More