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• Chinese firm expresses interest in acquiring CoAL shares

  21 Aug 2014

  Junior miner Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has acknowledged that a subsidiary of Beijing Haohua En... . ...Read More

• European Coal Price Poised to Rise on Cooler Weather, Marex Says

  21 Aug 2014

  European coal prices will increase at the end of August as temperatures start dropping and lower U... . ...Read More

• London, Singapore coal derivative traded volumes up 4% on month: LEBA

  21 Aug 2014

  Total volumes of OTC and exchange-cleared financially settled coal derivatives traded in London an... . ...Read More

• Coal mining begins at Maules Creek site after months of protests

  21 Aug 2014

  After months of protests, Whitehaven has officially begun open-cut mining at its flagship Maules C... . ...Read More

• Exporting coal to Asia could slash emissions

  21 Aug 2014

  Under the right scenario, exporting U.S. coal to power plants in South Korea could lead to a 21% d... . ...Read More

• Coal foes to keep up fight after big victory

  21 Aug 2014

  Whatcom County and Seattle declared a victory in their regional fight against coal terminals, afte... . ...Read More

• Colombia coal production rises 14 pct in first half of the year

  21 Aug 2014

  Colombia's coal production rose to 47.3 million tonnes in the first half of the year, the gove... . ...Read More

• Ukraine Faces Coal Shortage After Rail Lines Destroyed

  21 Aug 2014

  Pelicourt, the private equity firm, and Donbass Energy, which has operations ranging from coal min... . ...Read More

• Lack of Asian demand pushes down SA coal prices

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: Spot prices of South African coal slipped sharply on August 19 in the absence of enquir... . ...Read More

• India’s cement output falls 3.08% in June m-o-m

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: India’s cement production stood at 22.99 million tons (mt) in June 2014, down by ... . ...Read More

• Cement cos’ May coal consumption up 4.43% m-o-m

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: The Indian cement sector consumed a total of 1.743 mt of coal during May 2014, up 4.43%... . ...Read More

• Cement sector’s May coal receipts up 13.54% m-o-m

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: The Indian cement sector received 1.887 million tons (mt) of coal during May 2014, up 1... . ...Read More

• CMA urges govt to maintain e-auction status quo

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: The Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) has requested the government to maint... . ...Read More

• July shortfall in coal receipts by power utilities at 6.79 mt

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: Total shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities during July 2014 stood at 6.... . ...Read More

• 24 power utilities received excess coal in July

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: A total of 24 power plants out of 122 in the country monitored by the Central Electrici... . ...Read More