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• Green Energy Fans Will Not Be Happy With News About Coal

  23 Jun 2014

  Despite the abundance of natural gas in the U.S. and Europe’s efforts to reduce greenhouse g... . ...Read More

• Can we really do without coal? Kemp

  23 Jun 2014

  Two-thirds of the world's already discovered reserves of oil, coal and natural gas must remain... . ...Read More

• “I’ve never seen it this bad”: coal job losses hurt Hunter Valley businesses

  23 Jun 2014

  The Singleton Chamber of Commerce said mass layoffs in Hunter Valley’s mining sector have le... . ...Read More

• Australian $10 bln coal-port expansion put on ice due to weak demand

  23 Jun 2014

  A proposed $10 billion Australian coal port expansion, one of two port expansions planned near the... . ...Read More

• Coal prices remain subdued in international markets

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A subdued trend prevailed in international coal markets on June 19 in absence of major en... . ...Read More

• India’s power generation up 3.56% in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: India’s power generation in May 2014 stood at 89.66 billion units (BU), up 3.56% fr... . ...Read More

• Transportation issues and heavy rains affect CIL’s production

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: The production of coal at two subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on June 19 got affecte... . ...Read More

• Railways’ coal handling up 1.62% m-o-m in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Indian Railways (IR) transported 43.96 million tons (mt) of coal in May 2014, up 1.62% fr... . ...Read More

• May shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities at 1.382 mt

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Total shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities during May 2014 stood at 1.382... . ...Read More

• 52 power utilities received excess coal in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A total of 52 power plants out of 121 in the country received coal in excess of their req... . ...Read More

• May anthracite coal imports via Chennai down 11.97 % m-o-m

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Anthracite coal imports via Chennai Port dropped 11.97% to 507 tons in May, 2014 against ... . ...Read More

• No PCI coal imports via Chennai Port in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: There were no PCI coal imports via Chennai Port for three consecutive months including Ma... . ...Read More

• No met coke imports through Chennai Port in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: There were no met coke imports through Chennai Port for two consecutive months, including... . ...Read More

• Negligible pet coke exports via Chennai in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A small quantity of 2 tons of pet coke was exported through Chennai Port in May 2014 to O... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Chennai up sharply in May m-o-m

  20 Jun 2014

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