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• South African coal prices fall further

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: South African coal prices fell further on continued weak demand on July 9, market sources... . ...Read More

• Power, steel output costs set to rise on hike in duty on coal

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: The cost of power generation and production of steel in India is set to increase by aroun... . ...Read More

• Cement industry puts hope on infrastructure growth

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: Indian cement industry expects that government’s push on infrastructure projects wo... . ...Read More

• India’s Union Budget focuses on growth, fiscal prudence

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: Amid concerns over a two-year long economic slowdown, India’s finance minister Arun... . ...Read More

• Adani Ports forms JV with French group for container terminal at Mundra

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: Adani Ports and SEZ recently signed an agreement to form a 50: 50 joint ventures with Fre... . ...Read More

• Speed up private entry in coal mining, CIL rejig: Economic Survey

  10 Jul 2014

  The government needs to fast track entry of the private sector in commercial coal mining and restr... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry, CIL may oppose PFC-like funding agency

  10 Jul 2014

  Coal minister Piyush Goyal has proposed to set up an agency on the lines of PFC to bring private i... . ...Read More

• India needs to restructure CIL to raise output: Economic Survey

  10 Jul 2014

  India needs to restructure state behemoth Coal India Ltd quickly to raise output to feed fuel-star... . ...Read More

• New lines will improve coal linkages

  10 Jul 2014

  Railways Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has done his bit to resolve the infrastructure constraints fa... . ...Read More

• National Green Tribunal directs CIL, Mahagenco to follow clean coal norms

  10 Jul 2014

   The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Coal India Limited (CIL), its subsidiary Western... . ...Read More

• Rail budget brings hope for coal corridor

  10 Jul 2014

  The railway budget has proposed speeding up construction of critical coal connectivity lines, whic... . ...Read More

• ARA coal stock levels below 6 mt for first time since April

  10 Jul 2014

  Combined coal stocks at delivery ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region dropped below 6 m... . ...Read More

• Atlantic Thermal Coal: CIF ARA slips as market weighs Colombian strike

  10 Jul 2014

  European-delivered CIF ARA physical thermal coal prices slipped Tuesday to a more than one-week lo... . ...Read More

• Euro coal: Physical coal prices drop below $70/t on low summer demand

  10 Jul 2014

  * Asian coal prices also down on low Chinese power plant coal use * Coal prices have halved sin... . ...Read More

• Rooftop solar power is making coal obsolete in Australia

  10 Jul 2014

  Rooftop solar panels are becoming such a powerful factor in the energy market that they now can pu... . ...Read More