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• India’s Coal Ministry proposes new tax on captive coal mines

  25 Mar 2014

  India’s Coal Ministry plans to impose a new levy on coal produced from captive mines by stee... . ...Read More

• Green tribunal cancels forest clearance for Chhattisgarh coal blocks

  25 Mar 2014

  Castigates minister for overruling expert panel without reasons The National Green Tribunal has... . ...Read More

• Coal India’s partners to share social responsibilities

  25 Mar 2014

  Partners to share social, land acquisition-related responsibilities, according to Coal India&rsquo... . ...Read More

• India’s coal imports to slow down - CIL

  25 Mar 2014

  In a dramatic shift in the demand/supply dynamics of thermal power producers, India is unlikely to... . ...Read More

• Deloitte final report on Coal India restructuring in May

  25 Mar 2014

  Consultancy firm Deloitte, which had been selected to study the restructuring of state-owned Coal ... . ...Read More

• CBI to file final reports in coal cases on March 26

  25 Mar 2014

  CBI is likely to file final reports on Wednesday in five cases related to alleged irregularities i... . ...Read More

• Queensland coal mines threatened by a demand squeeze in China

  25 Mar 2014

  COKING coal prices have dived below $US120 a tonne placing further pressure on Queensland coal min... . ...Read More

• Asia thermal coal: Freight, currency issues impede CFR China cargo deals

  25 Mar 2014

  Seaborne prices at China's southern ports searched for direction in thin Asia trade Monday as ... . ...Read More

• Ex-Nobel trader Banga ventures into coal trading

  25 Mar 2014

  Thermal coal prices have almost reached a low point after declining for three straight years, acco... . ...Read More

• Combined coal stocks at key Bohai sea ports down 7% on week

  25 Mar 2014

  Coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports totaled 17.785 million mt on Sunday, down 1.... . ...Read More

• $1b Wallarah coal plan could be declared invalid over Darkinjung Aboriginal land ownership row

  25 Mar 2014

  Plans for a $1billion coal mine at Wallarah could be derailed after warnings were ignored that the... . ...Read More

• New Hope Profit Plunges 67% on Weak Coal Prices

  25 Mar 2014

  New Hope Corp.'s (NHC.AU) profit slumped in its fiscal first half as sharply lower coal prices... . ...Read More

• SouthGobi Seeks Funding to Avoid Default After Coal Slump

  25 Mar 2014

    SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (SGQ), a producer of metallurgical coal in Mongolia, is seeking ... . ...Read More

• Netherlands to stop funding overseas coal power plants

  25 Mar 2014

    The Netherlands will no longer provide money to new coal projects overseas, announced the... . ...Read More

• Coal leaves deep, wide wake in West Virginia

  25 Mar 2014

  Trucks laden high with coal lurch and career into every bend as they barrel down WV Route 3, slipp... . ...Read More