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• San Francisco considers banning exports of coal and petcoke

  20 May 2014

  The city that kicked off a gay-marriage revolution, cracked down on Happy Meal toys, and battled b... . ...Read More

• Unleash Market Forces on Coal

  20 May 2014

  The best way to move forward on coal is to price carbon pollution appropriately, at a price that r... . ...Read More

• Indonesian coal demand flat in India, China

  19 May 2014

  May 19: The dull trend witnessed earlier continued into May 16 with major buyers still remaining l... . ...Read More

• India’s cement production up 12.94% in March m-o-m

  19 May 2014

  May 19: India’s cement production stood at 24.79 million tons (mt) during March 2014, up 12.... . ...Read More

• Cement cos’ Feb coal consumption dips 8.39% m-o-m

  19 May 2014

  May 19: The Indian cement sector consumed a total of 1.496 mt of coal during February 2014, down 8... . ...Read More

• Cement sector’s Feb coal receipts fall 6.37% m-o-m

  19 May 2014

  May 19: The Indian cement sector received 1.338 million tons (mt) of coal during February 2014, do... . ...Read More

• Railways’ coal handling falls 8.59% m-o-m in April

  19 May 2014

  May 19: Indian Railways (IR) transported 43.26 million tons (mt) of coal in April 2014, down by 8.... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp’s Q4 net profit down 64%

  19 May 2014

  May 19: Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship company of the M P Birla Group, recently reported ... . ...Read More

• Pipavav Port’s imported coal stocks up 4.8% m-o-m in May

  19 May 2014

  May 19: Imported coal stocks at Gujarat’s Pipavav Port increased 4.8% to 0.148 million tons ... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry issues new deadline for submitting applications for 3 coal mines

  19 May 2014

  The Coal Ministry has extended the deadline to June 25 for companies submitting applications to pa... . ...Read More

• NDA to focus on PSU banks, coal, power: Report

  19 May 2014

  The brokerage cautions that these changes are likely to take 3-4 years if not more. However, the p... . ...Read More

• Turkey coal mine disaster: Action at last, 24 detained

  19 May 2014

  Twenty-four people were detained in Turkey on Sunday as investigations continued into last week... . ...Read More

• UK to run out of oil, gas and coal in five years: Report

  19 May 2014

  New research from the Global Sustainability Institute has found that Britain, France and many othe... . ...Read More

• Obama greenhouse-gas cuts splits power, coal industries

  19 May 2014

  Bracing for greenhouse-gas rules from the Obama administration, two industries are staking out dif... . ...Read More

• Vale to shut money-losing Integra coal mine in Australia

  19 May 2014

  Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Friday it plans to close its Integra coal mine in Australia be... . ...Read More