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• Green nod for Maharashtra mine corp’s coal block deferred

  13 May 2014

  A high-level panel in the Environment Ministry has deferred the decision on granting green approva... . ...Read More

• Mafia dumped coal seized

  13 May 2014

  The police seized 34 tonne of coal illegally stocked by coal mafia in the forest areas of Giddi in... . ...Read More

• Indonesian thermal coal prices stable to higher, waiting direction from India

  13 May 2014

  Indonesian thermal coal prices were stable to higher on Monday with very few deals reported as the... . ...Read More

• Even If Coal Has Bottomed, Will It Ever Recover?

  13 May 2014

  Over the last few weeks, I've heard pundits and bloggers alike pontificate about the coal sect... . ...Read More

• Clean-up of Dan River coal ash spill beginsClean-up of Dan River coal ash spill begins

  13 May 2014

  The first full of day of cleaning up a 2,500-ton coal ash deposit near the Schoolfield Dam began M... . ...Read More

• 45 coal train cars derail near Pillager, Minn.

  13 May 2014

  Coal and crushed metal littered the BNSF Railway train tracks Monday near Pillager in central Minn... . ...Read More

• IEA: Coal use is spiking climate mitigation costs

  13 May 2014

  The global cost of pegging global warming to 2 degrees Celsius has risen by $8 trillion in the las... . ...Read More

• Lawmaker: Washington state coal plan hurts Montana

  13 May 2014

  A Republican congressman from Montana said Monday that his state's power generation and mining... . ...Read More

• China’s coal emissions could peak by 2020

  13 May 2014

  China’s coal consumption could start to drop by 2020 or even earlier, as discussions get und... . ...Read More

• PCI coal imports via Vizag up 26.80% in April m-o-m

  09 May 2014

  May 9: Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI) imports through the port of Vizag rose by 26.80% to 65,570 ... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Vizag drop to 34,415 tons in April

  09 May 2014

  May 9: Pet coke imports through the port of Vizag dropped sharply to 34,415 tons in April 2014 aga... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports via Vizag rise marginally in April

  09 May 2014

  May 9: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Vizag rose marginally to 15,248 tons in April 2... . ...Read More

• April gypsum imports via Vizag Port surge m-o-m

  09 May 2014

  May 9: Gypsum imports through the port of Vizag spurted sharply to 139,940 tons in April 2014 agai... . ...Read More

• April pet coke exports via Vizag stay flat at 23,000 tons

  09 May 2014

  May 9: Pet coke exports through the port of Vizag remained flat at 23,000 tons in April 2014, as p... . ...Read More

• V O Chidambaranar Port coal handling up 33.33% in Apr m-o-m

  09 May 2014

  May 9: Coal handling at V O Chidambaranar Port stood at 744,000 tons during April 2014, up 33.33% ... . ...Read More