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• No met coke imports via Vizag for last 2 months of FY’14

  11 Apr 2014

  April 11: There were no met coke imports through the port of Vizag in March 2014 as per provisiona... . ...Read More

• PCI coal imports via Vizag spurt 105% in March m-o-m

  11 Apr 2014

  April 11: Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI) imports through the port of Vizag spurted by almost 105%... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Vizag more than treble m-o-m in March

  11 Apr 2014

  April 11: Pet coke imports through the port of Vizag more than trebled to 105,377 tons in March 20... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports via Vizag more than double in March

  11 Apr 2014

  April 11: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Vizag more than doubled to 15,000 tons in Ma... . ...Read More

• March gypsum imports via Vizag Port up 24.86% m-o-m

  11 Apr 2014

  April 11: Gypsum imports through the port of Vizag increased 24.86% to 55,213 tons in March 2014 a... . ...Read More

• March pet coke exports via Vizag sharply up 119% m-o-m

  11 Apr 2014

  April 11: Pet coke exports through the port of Vizag were at 23,000 tons in March 2014 against a q... . ...Read More

• Govt receives 36 applications for three coal mines

  11 Apr 2014

  The government has so far received 36 applications from companies, including Jindal Steel and Powe... . ...Read More

• Chicago 30-Hour Tie-Up for Buffett’s Trains Slows Coal: Freight

  11 Apr 2014

  Come to the west side of Chicago to find out why a power plant in Michigan is short of coal and a ... . ...Read More

• BNSF, Union Pacific and CSX post higher weekly coal carloads year-over-year

  11 Apr 2014

  The number of coal carloads originated by US railroads for the week ending April 5 totaled 115,945... . ...Read More

• Energy Minister Michael Fallon Pledges £10m to Manage UK Coal Mine Closures

  11 Apr 2014

  The UK government plans to keep two deep coal mines open and save 1,300 jobs until 2015 with a &po... . ...Read More

• Dacheng advises Shanxi Coking Coal Group in bid for NAFMII approval

  11 Apr 2014

  Shanxi Coking Coal Group Co, under the guidance of Dacheng attorneys from the Taiyuan office, was ... . ...Read More

• Britain left with just one deep-pit coal mine after govt announces closure of 2 sites

  11 Apr 2014

  * Sites at Kellingley, North Yorkshire and Thoresby, Nottinghamshire to close * Government has ... . ...Read More

• Mechel to supply 1.2 million tonnes of coking coal to BaoSteel

  11 Apr 2014

  Mechel announced that its contract with BaoSteel Resources corporation, which provides for an incr... . ...Read More

• Clean coal might work in China, but here’s why we won’t see much of it here

  11 Apr 2014

  Clean coal is, once again, having a bit of a moment. The suite of technologies that the industry h... . ...Read More

• Consider using railroads to play the urge for coal exposure

  11 Apr 2014

  Summary * James River Coal has entered the bankruptcy process to deal with industry challenges,... . ...Read More