Coal news and updates

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• Low demand for imported met coke in India

  01 Aug 2014

  August 1: A depressed trend in steel has significantly reduced demand for imported metallurgical c... . ...Read More

• 8 new projects to start production by 2016-17: MoC

  01 Aug 2014

  August 1: Eight new coal mining projects with a cumulative capacity of 38.99 million tons (mt) und... . ...Read More

• CIL seeks consultant for manpower planning

  01 Aug 2014

  August 1: Coal India Ltd (CIL) is seeking to appoint a consultant for its executive manpower plann... . ...Read More

• Tuticorin allocates berth on priority basis to TANGEDCO

  01 Aug 2014

  August 1: Tuticorin Port has decided to allocate a dedicated berth on priority basis for coastal c... . ...Read More

• Some CIL mines may be run by foreign firms: Minister

  01 Aug 2014

  India has identified a few of Coal India's mining projects that could be operated by foreign f... . ...Read More

• Govt to set up panel of third party sampling agencies

  01 Aug 2014

  The Power ministry had said that supply of excessive stones and boulders especially from Bharat Co... . ...Read More

• Government preparing draft policy on underground coal gasification

  01 Aug 2014

  The government is preparing a draft policy on underground coal gasification, Coal and Power Minist... . ...Read More

• Greenpeace targets big four over Carmichael coal

  01 Aug 2014

  Greenpeace will target Australia's big four banks, particularly Westpac, in a campaign to prev... . ...Read More

• CBI files 23rd FIR in coal block allocation scam

  01 Aug 2014

  Revati Cements was allocated the Thesgora B Rudrapuri coal block without meeting the required norm... . ...Read More

• Walter Energy posts mixed Q2 results; Met coal costs fall 18.3%

  01 Aug 2014

  Walter Energy, Inc reported Q2 EPS of ($1.97), $0.28 worse than the analyst estimate of ($1.69). R... . ...Read More

• Shipping rates suffer as China Hydro curbs coal Imports

  01 Aug 2014

  Record production of hydropower from China’s Three Gorges and newer dams is displacing so mu... . ...Read More

• Alpha plans to idle coal mines; 1,100 Jobs at risk

  01 Aug 2014

  Alpha Natural Resources Inc, the second-biggest U.S. coal producer, plans to idle 11 West Virginia... . ...Read More

• 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