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• Coal blocks for power: Tariff policy needs tweak by April

  30 Dec 2014

  The Coal Ministry wants to make sure that after the coal block auctions there is no price impact o... . ...Read More

• Last train load of coal marks end of era at Univ. of Georgia

  30 Dec 2014

  A lonesome train whistle will mark the end of an era on the University of Georgia campus this week... . ...Read More

• Texas says federal plan for coal plant emissions is too harsh

  30 Dec 2014

  Texas is not Kentucky. Or West Virginia. That's clear to everyone.   But there's ... . ...Read More

• BG Group loads first LNG at Australian coal seam gas project

  30 Dec 2014

  Investors in BG Group can breathe a sigh of relief after the company announced that it had loaded ... . ...Read More

• Ukraine ready to buy coal from Donbas — Poroshenko

  30 Dec 2014

  Ukraine’s authorities are ready to buy coal from territories in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, tha... . ...Read More

• Patriot Coal idles 2 Kentucky mines

  30 Dec 2014

  Patriot Coal Corp. is idling two western Kentucky mining operations while it mulls the future of c... . ...Read More

• Dull trend witnessed in international coal markets

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: A dull trend prevailed in international coal markets on December 26 amidst absence of... . ...Read More

• Methodology for fixing floor/reserve price approved

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification issued on December 26, has approve... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports up 2.43% w-o-w

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &n... . ...Read More

• UltraTech acquires 3 units of Jaiprakash Associates

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: UltraTech Cement Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company, recently acquired three ceme... . ...Read More

• Water storage at key India reservoirs drop 2% w-o-w

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: The water storage available at 85 important reservoirs in India stood at 92.977 BCM a... . ...Read More

• New Mangalore Nov coking coal imports up 25% m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Coking coal imports through New Mangalore Port during November 2014 rose sharply by a... . ...Read More

• New Mangalore’s Nov steam coal imports fall 71% m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Non-coking coal imports through New Mangalore Port during November 2014 fell 70.57% t... . ...Read More

• Nov met coke imports via New Mangalore spurt m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Met coke imports via New Mangalore Port went up sharply by almost 6.7 times during No... . ...Read More

• New Mangalore Nov pet coke imports sharply up m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Pet coke imports via New Mangalore Port stood at 113,481 tons during November 2014, s... . ...Read More