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• Met coke imports via New Mangalore dip sharply in Feb m-o-m

  21 Mar 2014

  March 21: Met coke imports via New Mangalore Port fell sharply during February 2014 to 48,158 tons... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via New Mangalore at 55,000 tons in Feb

  21 Mar 2014

  March 21: Gypsum imports via New Mangalore Port stood at 55,000 tons in February 2014, according t... . ...Read More

• APMDC to lose Rs 2.24 crore for delay in coal mine development

  21 Mar 2014

  The government ordered deduction of Rs 2.24 crore from bank guarantee given by Andhra Pradesh Mine... . ...Read More

• A Coal Struggle in the Heart of India

  21 Mar 2014

  A rousing struggle is underway in the heart of India against dirty and environmentally destructive... . ...Read More

• Indonesia postpones coal royalty rise as miners resist due to low prices

  21 Mar 2014

  The Indonesian government has postponed plans to raise coal royalties due to strong resistance fro... . ...Read More

• Solar prices hit a new bottom, almost competitive with coal

  21 Mar 2014

  Even as long as five years ago, Indian power industry experts would scoff about solar being a feas... . ...Read More

• Solar Will Turn Into The ‘Incumbent’ Electricity Source In Australia

  21 Mar 2014

  Australian Clean Energy Council CEO David Green has asserted that solar PV (panels) will transitio... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal prices to drop further on oversupply, weak demand

  21 Mar 2014

  Thermal coal prices are likely to fall in 2014 as mining output increases in an already oversuppli... . ...Read More

• Coal Sliding as Australian Flood Boost Lost in Drought: Energy

  21 Mar 2014

  The drought across most of Australia’s Queensland state means coal producers are exporting r... . ...Read More

• American coal feeding European needs

  21 Mar 2014

  Two stories from either side of the Atlantic Ocean ably demonstrate the interrelations at play in ... . ...Read More

• Tete most favourable sub-Saharan Africa coal destination: Beacon Hill

  21 Mar 2014

  Mozambique’s Tete coalfield has the most potential for development over the next ten years, ... . ...Read More

• US coal carloads up 4.7% for the week, up 2.5% from 2013: AAR

  21 Mar 2014

  The number of coal carloads originated by US railroads for the week ending March 15 totaled 114,14... . ...Read More

• NC regulators again cite Duke Energy over coal ash

  21 Mar 2014

  They say Duke Energy deliberately pumped 61 million gallons of toxic coal ash waste into a canal t... . ...Read More

• Higher coal seam gas supply to hike gas prices in Australia

  21 Mar 2014

  Comparisons with the US are ill-founded when it comes to a comparison of domestic demand and produ... . ...Read More

• Shuttered coal plants seen cutting cost of carbon rules

  21 Mar 2014

  The cost of limiting power-plant emissions has fallen because cheap natural gas is already shutter... . ...Read More