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• Oversupply of thermal coal could close mines

  23 Jul 2014

  The global market for seaborne thermal coal will be oversupplied by about 10-million tonnes this y... . ...Read More

• CCI 7, CCI 2 thermal coal down again on new China price cut

  23 Jul 2014

  Imported 4,700 kcal/kg NAR thermal coal delivered to south China (CCI 7) came under pressure again... . ...Read More

• China coal demand to peak by 2020 – Standard & Poor

  23 Jul 2014

  China’s demand for coal is likely to peak by 2020, according to new analysis from ratings ag... . ...Read More

• China warns against "blind" rush to build coal-to-gas plants

  23 Jul 2014

  China has warned operators against "blindly" developing projects to turn coal into synth... . ...Read More

• Timing "tough" for $4.5 bln Thai-Mozambique coal rail-port project

  23 Jul 2014

  A Thai-Mozambican consortium has set a 2018 target to commission a $4.5 billion coal export railwa... . ...Read More

• German Coal Power Plants Are Europe’s Most Climate-Damaging

  23 Jul 2014

    Germany has some of Europe’s most ambitious climate targets. It also has four of th... . ...Read More

• Spot steam coal rates ease further in global markets

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: Spot prices of seaborne steam coal in international markets eased further on July 21 on t... . ...Read More

• HZL floats new tender for 0.2 mt of imported coal

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), a Vedanta Group company, has floated a new notice inviting ... . ...Read More

• SECL denying coal to cement kilns, CPPs: ICPPA

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: A large number of cement kilns and captive power plants (CPPs) are being “denied&rd... . ...Read More

• Volume of FSA/LoA coal required by EUPs at 22.14 mt

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: The total volume of FSA/LoA coal required by the end-user plants (EUPs) linked with coal ... . ...Read More

• CIL examining draft report on mine modernisation: MoC

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: State-owned Coal India Limited is examining the draft report submitted by KPMG Advisory S... . ...Read More

• IWAI, Paradip, Dhamra in pact to develop NW5

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) wit... . ...Read More

• Panel set up to draft Mumbai Port waterfront roadmap

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: The ministries of shipping and road transport and highways constituted a committee for pr... . ...Read More

• MoC sets up panel for selecting mining plan experts

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: A committee has been set up under the Ministry of Coal for conducting interviews for sele... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Kandla Port rises 86.37% in June m-o-m

  22 Jul 2014

  July 22: Coal handling at Kandla Port rose almost 86.37% to 971,000 tons during the month of June,... . ...Read More