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• Some Sumatran thermal coal mines close amid low prices: Sources

  18 Mar 2014

  A few lower grade thermal coal mines in Sumatra have reportedly shut down as miners have been unab... . ...Read More

• New coal limits welcomed in East Kalimantan

  18 Mar 2014

  The State-Owned Enterprises Ministry has issued a regulation that requires all mining companies to... . ...Read More

• Coal seam gas expansion would push up prices, says thinktank

  18 Mar 2014

  Coal seam gas mining will not bring down the gas price in Australia according to a report which al... . ...Read More

• Coal seam gas benefits exagerated

  18 Mar 2014

  Early last year, I wrote an article, “Fracking the countryside”, questioning the merit... . ...Read More

• Coal-fired power stations the big winner

  18 Mar 2014

  Owning their own gas reserves is helping to offset difficult operating conditions for Australia... . ...Read More

• James River coal misses debt payment

  18 Mar 2014

  James River Coal Co., an unprofitable U.S. producer of the fuel, missed an interest payment as it ... . ...Read More

• Utah’s oldest coal mine aims to expand into an uncertain future

  18 Mar 2014

  After two years of "supplemental" study, the U.S. Forest Service has issued a new enviro... . ...Read More

• Philippines to launch 5th petroleum, coal licensing round Apr 25

  18 Mar 2014

  The Philippines' Department of Energy said Monday it plans to launch the country's fifth p... . ...Read More

• Teck Resources outlook cut on lower met coal prices

  18 Mar 2014

  Downward trending metallurgical coal prices have prompted Dundee Capital Markets to lower its 2014... . ...Read More

• Sluggish trend in international coal markets

  17 Mar 2014

  March 17: Spot coal prices remained largely stable in international markets on March 14 in the abs... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL fall 9.38% in Feb m-o-m

  17 Mar 2014

  March 17: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Comp... . ...Read More

• CIL assures resolution of CMOAI issues in 3 month

  17 Mar 2014

  March 17: The management of Coal India Ltd (CIL) has assured the Coal Mine Officers' Associati... . ...Read More

• SECL gets MoEF nod for Jampali project in Chhattisgarh

  17 Mar 2014

  March 17: South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has r... . ...Read More

• Court order puts JSPL, Gagan Sponge BG deduction on hold

  17 Mar 2014

  March 17: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has informed Jindal Steel & Power and Gagan Sponge Iron P... . ...Read More

• NTPC bags contract in Sri Lanka

  17 Mar 2014

  March 17: The consultancy wing of NTPC has bagged the contract for providing Owner's Engineer ... . ...Read More