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• Coal block allocation: CBI wants two officials to be summoned

  29 Oct 2014

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday moved a special court here for issuing summons a... . ...Read More

• No major price jumps in metallurgical coal expected until 2018: WoodMac analyst

  29 Oct 2014

  The global metallurgical coal market will take a few years to recover, Matthew Warder, senior anal... . ...Read More

• Solar cheaper in India than imported Australian coal

  29 Oct 2014

  The results of India’s latest solar auction are in, and it is bad news for developers of Aus... . ...Read More

• Replacing Australia’s coal-fired energy

  29 Oct 2014

  Former Origin Energy executive Andrew Stock made a darned good point about Australia’s elect... . ...Read More

• Hokkaido buys 300,000 mt in coal spot tender: Sources

  29 Oct 2014

  Japan-based power utility Hokkaido Electric has purchased 300,000 mt of Australian thermal coal at... . ...Read More

• Southern clean coal project cost almost triples on delay

  29 Oct 2014

  Southern Co (SO) said its first-of-a-kind clean coal power plant in Mississippi will cost almost t... . ...Read More

• Arch posts narrower quarterly loss amid coal price slump

  29 Oct 2014

  Arch Coal Inc (ACI) reported a narrower third-quarter loss and better-than-expected sales figures ... . ...Read More

• Consol Energy profit misses on weak coal prices

  29 Oct 2014

  Consol Energy Inc reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by lower spot prices for... . ...Read More

• Teachers block Cerrejon Colombia coal railway, exports continue

  29 Oct 2014

  Teachers protesting over pay in northern Colombia are blocking the railway line of the country'... . ...Read More

• Coal as springboard for Ghana’s energy sustainability

  29 Oct 2014

  We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles”. These were the famo... . ...Read More

• Weak trend persists in international coal markets

  28 Oct 2014

  October 28: A weak trend prevailed in international coal markets on October 27 amidst limited dema... . ...Read More

• GSECL floats tender seeking long-term imported coal supply

  28 Oct 2014

  October 28: The Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) has floated a tender invitin... . ...Read More

• Mumbai Port to reply to MPCB on PIL by Nov 15

  28 Oct 2014

  October 28: Mumbai Port Trust will reply by November 15 to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board... . ...Read More

• CBI lodges fresh FIR against block allotment to JSPL

  28 Oct 2014

  October 28: Jindal Steel Limited, on October 27 said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reg... . ...Read More

• CIL unions gear up for long-drawn battle

  28 Oct 2014

  October 28: Peeved at the new Ordinance brought in by the coal ministry, the five trade unions of ... . ...Read More