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• Colombia coal strike to continue into next week, no impact yet: Union

  18 Jul 2014

  A strike by mechanics at Colombias largest coal mines will continue into next week after negotiati... . ...Read More

• Steps being taken to resolve coal shortage: Goyal

  18 Jul 2014

  The government today said urgent steps are being taken to address the "crisis" faced by ... . ...Read More

• Adani taps POSCO E&C for $15bn Australia coal project

  18 Jul 2014

  Adani Mining Pvt Ltd on Thursday said South Korea's POSCO Engineering & Construction Co Lt... . ...Read More

• Truck falls into sea off Chennai port while backing to load coal

  18 Jul 2014

  In an unusual incident, a tipper lorry backing up to get into a queue of vehicles waiting to take ... . ...Read More

• GoPro Or Coal? Next Big Trade

  18 Jul 2014

  (NASDAQ:GPRO) and (ARCA:KOL) have nothing to do with one another. But I think they are about as fa... . ...Read More

• Unpaid contractor ceases WA coal mine operations

  18 Jul 2014

  Work has stopped at Griffin Coal Mine, Western Australia’s largest coal supplier, over a rif... . ...Read More

• Weak trend persists in international coal markets

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Spot coal prices in international markets remained weak on July 16 on the continued absen... . ...Read More

• Indian power cos’ June coal receipts fall 2.58% m-o-m

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Coal receipts by India’s power utilities stood at 39.99 million tons (mt) in June 2... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal despatches to power sector up, materialisation down

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Despite despatching high grade coal to the power sector in 2013-14, the overall materiali... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal supplies to private generation cos decline in Q1

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Supplies from Coal India Ltd (CIL) to private power generation companies declined consist... . ...Read More

• CIL’s available coal resource at 131.32 billion tons: Minister

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Available coal resources in the existing blocks at Coal India Limited (CIL) amount to abo... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL down 3.97% in June m-o-m

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Compa... . ...Read More

• India’s power generation falls 1.37% in June

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: India’s power generation in June 2014 stood at 88.43 billion units (BU), down 1.37%... . ...Read More

• KPCL’s June coal imports below target

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: The Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) imported 106,000 tons of steam coal in June 20... . ...Read More

• TNEB’s June coal imports up 0.39% m-o-m, 50.49% y-o-y

  17 Jul 2014

  July 17: Imports of steam coal by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) in June 2014 stood at 763,00... . ...Read More