Coal news and updates

Updated daily

• Steam coal imports via Ennore up 8.99% in May m-o-m

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Steam coal imports through Ennore Port rose 8.99% to 1,088,296 in May, 2014, against 998,... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Ennore Port at 68,262 tons in May

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Coking coal imports through the port of Ennore stood at 68,262 in May, 2014 as per inform... . ...Read More

• India accounts for 62% of SA’s May coal export

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Indian companies purchased as much as 62% of the total coal exported through South Africa... . ...Read More

• Imported coal gets cheaper, brings cheer to thermal plants

  17 Jun 2014

  A steep fall in imported coal prices has brought cheer to India's portbased thermal plants. In... . ...Read More

• Gas usage shrinks, boosts coal demand

  17 Jun 2014

  India, the fourth largest energy consumer globally, recorded the largest volumetric decline in n... . ...Read More

• India logs largest decline in natural gas output

  17 Jun 2014

  India, the fourth largest energy consumer globally, recorded the largest volumetric decline in nat... . ...Read More

• Piyush Goyal meets top officials on coal pricing, quality

  17 Jun 2014

  Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal met top officials of both the ministries to thrash out the is... . ...Read More

• NTPC to Coal Ministry: Consider Rs 139 crore bank guarantee waiver

  17 Jun 2014

  Against the backdrop of Coal Ministry imposing a bank guarantee of Rs 138.6 crore on NTPC for dela... . ...Read More

• Smaller, nimbler rival shows the way for monolith Coal India

  17 Jun 2014

  For a coal producer trying to navigate India's complex federal structure, size matters. An... . ...Read More

• Mundra plant gaining from lower coal prices: Tata Power

  17 Jun 2014

  With international coal prices falling in the past few days, CERC order allowing compensatory tari... . ...Read More

• Power Ministry wants Coal India Ltd to sign pacts with firms for 4,000 MW

  17 Jun 2014

  The Power Ministry has requested the Coal Ministry to ensure that Coal India Ltd signs fuel su... . ...Read More

• ASIA THERMAL COAL: CFR China cargo bids fall, talk of Shenhua price cut

  17 Jun 2014

  The Asian seaborne cargo market for 5,500 kcal/kg NAR imported thermal coal was weaker Monday, wit... . ...Read More

• ARA coal stock levels slip to 7-week low of 6.065 million mt

  17 Jun 2014

  Combined coal stocks at delivery ports in western Europe's Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp trading... . ...Read More

• EURO COAL-Prices ease as Ukraine gas cut fails to lift demand

  17 Jun 2014

  European physical coal prices declined on Monday afternoon, as a cut in Russian gas supplies to Uk... . ...Read More

• Coal’s share of world energy demand at highest since 1970: BP

  17 Jun 2014

  Coal dominated world energy markets last year by supplying the biggest share of demand since 197... . ...Read More