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• Beijing cuts coal use by 7 pct in H1 in anti-smog push

  12 Aug 2014

  China's capital Beijing cut total coal consumption by 7 percent in the first half of 2014 as p... . ...Read More

• Modi may lose $3-bn plant to Iran as coal runs short

  12 Aug 2014

  Domestic coal shortages are prompting India’s National Aluminium Co (NALCO) to plan construc... . ...Read More

• July US coal exports from Virginia fall record 21% in 3 years

  12 Aug 2014

  July coal exports from Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled more than 2.9 million st, down ... . ...Read More

• Russia ships coal to America despite sanctions

  12 Aug 2014

  The Doric Victory, a huge transport ship the length of two football fields, just sailed 4,000 mile... . ...Read More

• Mechel installs new coal washing tech at Elga

  12 Aug 2014

  Russian miner Mechel announced that it has installed new coal washing and dewatering technology at... . ...Read More

• Thailand rules out nuke power, plans to meet energy needs via coal

  12 Aug 2014

  Ruling out construction of nuclear power plants, Thailand's military junta has said it will lo... . ...Read More

• Little change in international coal markets

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Spot coal prices remained largely unchanged on August 8 in the absence of fresh trigger... . ...Read More

• India’s coal imports from S Africa up 14.47% in July m-o-m

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Indian companies imported a total of 2,861,772 tons of coal from South Africa’s R... . ...Read More

• S Africa’s coal exports up 10.25% in July m-o-m

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Total coal exports through South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) rose ... . ...Read More

• Exports of S African coal to China nil in July

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Exports of South African coal to China stood at nil during July 2014 while during the p... . ...Read More

• CIL’s pithead vendible stocks fall to 31.20 mt

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Pithead vendible coal stocks of Coal India Ltd (CIL) fell to around 31.20 million tons ... . ...Read More

• No plan to hike coal supplies under tapering linkages: CIL

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Claiming that it had no authority to decide which power plant would get how much coal, ... . ...Read More

• CIL refuses to comment on price hike

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which is set to receive a severe dent in its profitability due to... . ...Read More

• Will CIL re-join ICVL post-acquisition of Rio assets?

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: With the acquisition of coal assets in Mozambique from Rio Tinto by International Coal ... . ...Read More

• Coal stock levels at Indian power plants fluctuate widely

  11 Aug 2014

  August 11: Coal stocks at Indian power plants showed wide fluctuations over the past 17 months dur... . ...Read More