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• Coal rally draws thousands to Downtown Pittsburgh

  01 Aug 2014

  They met at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and 10th Street, a sea of thousands of mine workers... . ...Read More

• Huge plan to drill for coal in Warwickshire countryside put on ice after protests

  01 Aug 2014

  Plan shelved to drill deep under an area of countryside the size of Coventry Controversial plan... . ...Read More

• Firmness in SA, Australian steam coal prices fizzles out

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: The firm trend witnessed in South African steam coal prices over the past two sessions fi... . ...Read More

• India’s June coal production up 8.14%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: India’s coal production in June 2014 stood at 43.70 million tons (mt), up 8.14% com... . ...Read More

• June output from Indian captive blocks up 25.87%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Coal production from the captive blocks in India rose 25.87% to 5.45 million tons (mt) in... . ...Read More

• India’s coking coal output edges down 2% m-o-m in Jun

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: India’s month-on-month coking coal production in June dropped slightly by 1.98% to ... . ...Read More

• India’s Jun pithead vendible coal stocks drop 16.33% y-o-y

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: India’s pithead vendible coal stocks dropped 16.33% to 42.22 million tons (mt) as o... . ...Read More

• CIL’s June coal despatches down 5.93% m-o-m

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Despatches by Coal India Ltd (CIL) stood at 38.26 million tons (mt) in June 2014 against ... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL up 28.16% in June m-o-m

  31 Jul 2014

  June 13: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Compa... . ...Read More

• Govt directive causes sharp fall in allotment via June e-auction

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: The government’s directive to Coal India Ltd (CIL) - to restrict its coal offering ... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal allotment via forward e-auction falls 59.37%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Allotment of coal by Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiaries via the forward e-auction rout... . ...Read More

• June shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities at 2.2 mt

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Total shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities during June 2014 stood at 2.20... . ...Read More

• 40 power utilities received excess coal in June

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: A total of 40 power plants out of 121 in the country received coal in excess of their req... . ...Read More

• NTPC’s Q1 net profit declines 12.89%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), on July 31, reported a 12.89% decline ... . ...Read More

• ICVL buys coal mines in Mozambique for a bargain-basement price of $50 million from Rio Tinto

  31 Jul 2014

  A consortium of Indian state-run firms has bought a bunch of once prized coal mines in Mozambique ... . ...Read More