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• Jaiswal denies involvement in coal block allocation scam

  24 Apr 2014

  Coal minister is seeking re-election to the Lok Sabha from Kanpur and is pitted against BJP nomine... . ...Read More

• Coal firms should take advance action to renew FSAs in time

  24 Apr 2014

  The Standing Linkage Committee (SLC) "decided that coal companies should take advance action ... . ...Read More

• Where’s the coal to run power plants?

  24 Apr 2014

  The de-allocation of coal power blocks will impact power generation. Modi magic cannot alter this ... . ...Read More

• Argus, IHS license coal index to HK bourse

  24 Apr 2014

  Global energy and commodity news and price reporting agency Argus and IHS Inc, a leading global so... . ...Read More

• Coal glut foils price rally with miners tied to exports

  24 Apr 2014

  Australian mining companies are prolonging a supply glut that’s driven coal prices to a four... . ...Read More

• Poland Pushes Coal on Europe as Putin Wields Gas Weapon

  24 Apr 2014

  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the country’s giant coal fields should become a corne... . ...Read More

• Ukraine coal miners on strike, refuse to pay Kiev coup damages bill

  24 Apr 2014

  Over 2,000 coal miners in Lugansk region have been on strike for the second day running, demanding... . ...Read More

• Whitehaven cuts coal production guidance

  24 Apr 2014

  WHITEHAVEN Coal has cut its full-year production guidance to between 9.8 million tonnes and 10 mil... . ...Read More

• Patriot Coal issues potential lay-off notices to 847 WV workers

  24 Apr 2014

    Mere months after announcing its emergence from an 18-month long Chapter 11 reorganisatio... . ...Read More

• Norfolk Southern profit falls 18 percent on lower coal shipments

  24 Apr 2014

  U.S. railroad Norfolk Southern Corp reported an 18 percent drop in quarterly profit as the company... . ...Read More

• Bad Mines, Good Money - The Coal Industry’s Dirty Deals

  24 Apr 2014

  Phasing out nuclear power means that Germany's demand for coal is still immense. A large part ... . ...Read More

• Japan must stop financing coal

  24 Apr 2014

  Japan is the world's biggest financier of coal development, setting developing countries on a ... . ...Read More

• Slight firmness in South African coal prices

  23 Apr 2014

  April 23: After a brief lull, spot prices of South African steam coal firmed up again on April 22 ... . ...Read More

• Durgapur Projects floats tender to procure imported coking coal

  23 Apr 2014

  April 23: Durgapur Projects Ltd (DPL), a leading merchant coke-maker, has floated a tender to proc... . ...Read More

• Vizag Steel floats tender to sell coke dust

  23 Apr 2014

  April 23: Vizag Steel Plant (VSP) of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has floated a tender to ... . ...Read More