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• Exxaro to increase higher-margin coal exports

  22 Aug 2014

  Diversified miner Exxaro is set to ramp up higher-value coal exports from its Grootegeluk mine aft... . ...Read More

• Surrey Fraser coal terminal approved by Port Metro Vancouver

  22 Aug 2014

  Port Metro Vancouver has granted a permit for the Fraser Surrey dock to be expanded to export four... . ...Read More

• Ceremony to recognize coal miners of segregation

  22 Aug 2014

  Coal miners of all colors have played an important role in West Virginia history since the early 1... . ...Read More

• How a Koch brother is combating climate change at a coal mine

  22 Aug 2014

  What do Bill Koch, the Aspen Skiing Company, and environmentalists all have in common? Nothing, ri... . ...Read More

• Broker ICAP launches global coking coal desk in Singapore

  22 Aug 2014

  Interdealer broker ICAP's energy arm said on Thursday it has launched a global coking coal tra... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices fall further, others largely stable

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Spot prices of South African coal declined further on August 20 on the continued absenc... . ...Read More

• Malabar Cements floats 25,000-tons imported coal NIT

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Malabar Cements, one of the leading cement manufacturers based out of Kerala, has float... . ...Read More

• Imported coal evacuation hit at Vizag Port on rakes shortage

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Railway rakes shortage is hampering steam coal movement from the port of Vizag despite ... . ...Read More

• Apr-Jul coal imports surge 18%; FY15 figure to cross 200 mt

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: India’s coal imports (coking coal, steam coal, PCI, anthracite coal, pet coke, me... . ...Read More

• CIL may miss FY15 supply target to power sector

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Coal India Ltd (CIL) may miss its annual target of supplying 440 million tons (mt) of c... . ...Read More

• India raises royalty rate on iron ore by 5%, coal spared

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: The Indian government has raised the royalty rate on iron ore and chromite to 15% from ... . ...Read More

• Construction of 10 new nuke projects to start in 12th Plan

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: The government plans to start constructions of 10 more nuclear power projects with a co... . ...Read More

• SAIL-Tata Steel JV seeks to buy overseas coal assets

  21 Aug 2014

  Less than three weeks after acquiring a large coal property in Mozambique, Steel Authority of Indi... . ...Read More

• Political risk dims outlook for coal

  21 Aug 2014

  Pledges by the EU, the United States and China to commit to stricter emission reduction targets co... . ...Read More

• Centre should hike coal royalty to 20%: Soren

  21 Aug 2014

  Chief Minister Hemant Soren today demanded that the Central government should increase the royalty... . ...Read More