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• US miner Consol diversifying Buchanan met coal sales away from China

  16 Jun 2014

  US coal and natural gas producer Consol Energy is diversifying low-vol hard coking coal sales away... . ...Read More

• 3 Reasons Why U.S. Coal Will Continue to Struggle

  16 Jun 2014

  It's no secret that U.S. coal suppliers have seen some very tough times lately. The coal marke... . ...Read More

• Metallurgical coal project planned in UK

  16 Jun 2014

  Despite the well-documented news that two of the UK’s last operating coal mines could close ... . ...Read More

• 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