Coal news and updates

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• Coking coal is fine

  16 Jun 2014

  A point I’ve made many times on the blog  about the practiced whining of the coal secto... . ...Read More

• Weak trend in international coal markets

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: Lack of demand from Indian and Chinese companies caused a weak trend in international coa... . ...Read More

• Indian power utilities’ May coal import up 4.29%

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: Imports of steam coal by Indian power utilities (both imported coal-based and domestic co... . ...Read More

• NTPC’s coal imports fell 6.06% in May m-o-m

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: Imports of steam coal by National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) during May 2014 fe... . ...Read More

• NLC floats EoI to acquire thermal power projects

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC) has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from stat... . ...Read More

• Indian power cos’ May coal receipts fall 0.63% m-o-m

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: Coal receipts by India’s power utilities stood at 41.05 million tons (mt) in May 20... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL up 1.17% in May m-o-m

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Compa... . ...Read More

• MoC to review production of 18 captive coal blocks

  13 Jun 2014

  June 13: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) will review the production by 18 captive coal allocatees inclu... . ...Read More

• No blackout, says Goyal; 20 power plants have coal for 4 days

  13 Jun 2014

  Seeking to allay apprehensions of a blackout in northern region, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today... . ...Read More

• Centre agrees to allocate 100% domestic coal to state

  13 Jun 2014

  The union ministry of power on Thursday gave in-principle approval to allocate 100% domestic coal ... . ...Read More

• Centre agrees to allocate 100% domestic coal to state

  13 Jun 2014

  The union ministry of power on Thursday gave in-principle approval to allocate 100% domestic coal ... . ...Read More

• Bearish Chinese offset bullish Indian demand for Indonesian thermal coal

  13 Jun 2014

  Bearish factors weighing on the Chinese market were offsetting any positive sentiment on Indian de... . ...Read More

• Coal shortage may leave nation in dark in a week

  13 Jun 2014

  As the nation reels under severe power woes during the peak summer, here's some more bad news.... . ...Read More

• India to speed up work on rail lines to transport coal

  13 Jun 2014

  India's new government said it would speed up work on three railway lines key to transporting ... . ...Read More

• Nine coal miners missing after gas explosion in Ukraine

  13 Jun 2014

  Nine coal miners are missing after a methane gas explosion in an illegal pit in the east Ukrainian... . ...Read More