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• Rail issues push PRB coal OTC price down further

  24 Jun 2014

  The over-the-counter price for 8,800 Btu/lb Powder River Basin coal dipped again Monday, as rail i... . ...Read More

• Groups protest resource plan covering Wyoming PRB coal

  24 Jun 2014

  Wyoming citizen organizations and national environmental groups wrote to the Department of the Int... . ...Read More

• European Coal Drops to 4-Year Low as Credit Suisse Cuts Forecast

  24 Jun 2014

  European thermal coal fell to the lowest in more than four years as Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) ... . ...Read More

• Here Are The First Market Reactions in Coal

  24 Jun 2014

  It's no secret the coal market is depressed.   Prices for thermal coal have fallen 50... . ...Read More

• Colombia’s coal output recovering fast — up 33.8% in Jan-March

  24 Jun 2014

  Colombia’s coal production jumped up 33.8% to 24.6 million tonnes between January and March ... . ...Read More

• "King Coal" in Australia faces rising investment backlash

  24 Jun 2014

  A farmer's habit of rising before dawn finds Cliff Wallace alone most mornings while a rag-tag... . ...Read More

• NZ’s subsidies of coal and rail are nothing like Australia’s

  24 Jun 2014

  Australian state governments spent A$17.6 billion on subsidies for mineral and fossil fuel industr... . ...Read More

• Extension of subdued trend in international coal markets

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: An extension of subdued trend was witnessed in international coal markets on June 20 amid... . ...Read More

• Nabha Power in market to procure upto 0.23 mt imported coal

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: Nabha Power Limited, a Punjab-based Independent Power Producer, is in market to procure u... . ...Read More

• Indian power sector’s capacity addition at 2,716.1 MW in May

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: India’s power generation capacity addition in May 2014 stood at 2,716.1 MW against ... . ...Read More

• International coal prices seen soft on higher availability

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: Excess availability of coal with miners and lower than expected demand from China and Ind... . ...Read More

• Power Sector procures only 0.176 mt coal in MSTC’s May e-auction

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: The power sector consumers directly procured only around 1.76 lakh tons of coal in May 20... . ...Read More

• Severe decline in loading of coal from CIL mines

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: The loading of coal by rakes from Coal India Ltd (CIL) has been severely affected in June... . ...Read More

• SLC (LT) to decide fate of 12 FSA of CIL on June 27

  23 Jun 2014

  June 23: The Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term) or SLC (LT) will decide the fate of 12 fuel su... . ...Read More

• Piyush Goyal assures coal supply to power producers

  23 Jun 2014

  Piyush Goyal, minister for coal, power and renewable energy, has assured power producers on regula... . ...Read More