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• 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

• Colombia said to miss coal production target last year

  06 Feb 2015

  Colombia produced about 87 million tons of coal last year, missing a target of 95 million tons, ac... . ...Read More

• Sluggish trend continues

  05 Feb 2015

  February 05: An extension of sluggish trend was witnessed in international coal markets on Februar... . ...Read More

• RIL cuts February loading pet coke prices by Rs 100/ton

  05 Feb 2015

  January 05: After rolling over prices in January, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s lar... . ...Read More

• Tapering linkages to continue for TPPs whose blocks were de-allocated

  05 Feb 2015

  February 05: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has decided to extend tapering linkages till March 31, 201... . ...Read More

• Nominated Authority asked to prepare methodology for Schedule III mines

  05 Feb 2015

  February 05: The Ministry of Coal has directed the nominated authority to undertake calculation of... . ...Read More

• Eastern Railway freight loading up 11% in Jan y-o-y

  05 Feb 2015

  February 5: Operating freight loading of Eastern Railway (ER) during the month of January 2015 inc... . ...Read More

• Ajay Shukla new Member (Traffic) of Railway Board

  05 Feb 2015

  February 05: Ajay Shukla has taken the charge as the new Member (Traffic) of Railway Board with ef... . ...Read More

• ACC Limited posts 6.13% increase in 2014 net profit

  05 Feb 2015

  February 5: ACC Limited, a major cement manufacturer in India, reported a 6.13% growth in net prof... . ...Read More

• Moderate demand for G7 grade in January e-auction

  05 Feb 2015

  February 5: G7 grade coal (GCV range of 5,200-5,500 Kcal/kg) met with moderate demand on the coalj... . ...Read More

• G8 grade sees moderate demand in Jan e-auction

  05 Feb 2015

  February 5: G8 grade coal (GCV range 4,900-5,200 Kcal/kg) offered by three subsidiaries of Coal In... . ...Read More

• Poor demand for G9 grade coal in January e-auction

  05 Feb 2015

  February 5: G9 grade coal (GCV ranging between 4,601-4,900 Kcal/kg) offered on the coaljunction e-... . ...Read More

• January e-auction sees moderate demand for G10 grade

  05 Feb 2015

  February 5: G10 grade coal (GCV range 4,301 and 4,600 Kcal/kg) offered through the e-auction platf... . ...Read More