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• Coal mining versus UCG in Bangladesh

  21 Mar 2014

  Media reports say that the government is considering withdrawing the compulsory conditions for ins... . ...Read More

• Global coal prices turn weak on low demand

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Spot coal prices turned sharply down on extremely low enquiries and sufficient availabil... . ...Read More

• Neyveli to offer 0.2 mt raw lignite via coaljunction e-auction platform

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) will conduct a special e-auction for the sale of 2... . ...Read More

• Shree unlikely to immediately procure imported pet coke or US coal

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Shree Cements Ltd is unlikely to finalise any deal to procure imported pet coke or US st... . ...Read More

• Drop in China met coke prices may pose trouble for desi coke-makers

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: The Indian merchant coke manufacturers may face increased competition from imports due t... . ...Read More

• China unlikely to opt for low-grade imports ban

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Even as the possibility of China banning low-grade thermal coal imports renews market sp... . ...Read More

• Indian traders expect steam coal prices to remain range-bound

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Seaborne thermal coal prices are expected to remain range-bound despite periodic volatil... . ...Read More

• Volatility in SA coal prices may push cement-makers to US coal

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: The Indian cement industry, which showed an appetite for high-sulphur US thermal coal in... . ...Read More

• ECL supplying inferior coal, but charging higher price: Cement Corp

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: The Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) referred Cement Corporation... . ...Read More

• Coal India asked to stop mining at 6 major blocks

  20 Mar 2014

  State-run Coal IndiaBSE -1.44 % has been forced to stop mining at several blocks including six big... . ...Read More

• India coal, power sectors need change in mindset: Clyde Russell

  20 Mar 2014

  India's coal deficit is going from bad to worse and unless the country makes major policy chan... . ...Read More

• Restructuring Coal India: Pros and cons

  20 Mar 2014

  Can Coal India be restructured into smaller independent units, in order to ensure serious competit... . ...Read More

• CBI to quiz TKA Nair in coal block scam

  20 Mar 2014

  CBI will by end of this month record the statement of PM  advisor TKA Nair for clarifications... . ...Read More

• Jindal to stop buying metallurgical coal from Australia in 3 months

  20 Mar 2014

  Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) will stop buying coking coal from Australia in three months from... . ...Read More

• South African mining companies settle amid question of coal supply

  20 Mar 2014

  Riversdale Coal and Forbes & Manhattan, two coal mining companies with ties to South Africa, h... . ...Read More