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• Metallurgical coal benchmark falls to 6-year low, says Doyle

  27 Mar 2014

  The benchmark coking coal contract for the second quarter fell to the lowest level in six years, p... . ...Read More

• CIL to hike coking coal prices by 10% from April

  27 Mar 2014

  Coal India Limited is planning to increase coking coal prices by 10% from April 1st 2014. A sen... . ...Read More

• EURO COAL-Physical falls further on expectations of more supply

  27 Mar 2014

  European physical coal prices declined further on Wednesday as traders expected Colombian coal exp... . ...Read More

• Glencore suspends Australia coal mine as market worsens

  27 Mar 2014

  Glencore Xstrata will suspend operations at its Ravensworth underground coal mine in Australia fol... . ...Read More

• Qinhuangdao Port coastal coal freights down, ending 5-week upward trend

  27 Mar 2014

  Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese po... . ...Read More

• Poland asked for assistance in coal mining

  27 Mar 2014

    Polish trade delegation headed by Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, Deputy Minister of Commerce/Secre... . ...Read More

• Coal: About To Heat Up And Break Out?

  27 Mar 2014

  Coal has not been too hot of late, nor has it been hot over the past few years. The Market Vectors... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy says it will move coal ash in response to spill

  27 Mar 2014

  Duke Energy Corp said on Wednesday it will move coal ash from three plants and speed up the closur... . ...Read More

• Sharp fall in SA coal prices on increased offerings

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: Spot prices of South African coal fell drastically on March 25 on reports of aggressive ... . ...Read More

• HZL floats enquiry to procure 0.2 mt of imported coal

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), a Vedanta Group company, on March 25, floated an enquiry t... . ...Read More

• Global miners pushing for monthly contracts in coking coal

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: Having successfully persuaded steel-makers to enter into quarterly contracts, leading co... . ...Read More

• SAIL, RINL likely to meet on April 2 to discuss quarterly contracts

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) are likely t... . ...Read More

• Steel majors may clinch coking coal deals at 6-yr low prices: Report

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: Three steel majors, Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India Limited and JSW Steel Limited, ... . ...Read More

• Govt notifies formation of Coal Regulatory Authority

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: The Ministry of Coal on March 26 informed that the Government of India has notified sett... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports via Paradip up 34.62% in Feb m-o-m

  26 Mar 2014

  March 26: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Paradip were at 323,359 tons in February 201... . ...Read More