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• China to change coal tax to price basis this year: Tax chief

  11 Mar 2014

  China will push forward this year with a plan to change the assessment of its resource tax on coal... . ...Read More

• Coal to the Rescue, but maybe not next winter

  11 Mar 2014

  When the temperature here dropped into the teens this winter, ice formed on the inside of Ernestin... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy CEO: Customers will foot bill to clean up toxic coal lagoons

  11 Mar 2014

  Duke Energy faces a $1 billion price tag to clean its coal ash waste pits in North Carolina after ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal prices ease further, steam coal largely unchanged

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Spot prices of coking coal fell sharply on March 7 on continued lack of enquiries amidst... . ...Read More

• DPL extends NIT closure date to March 14

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Durgapur Projects Limited (DPL), a Government of West Bengal enterprise, has extended th... . ...Read More

• IMG slaps BG on JSPL, Bhushan Power for delay in block development

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) has decided to slap a bank guarantee (BG) on two coal ... . ...Read More

• Met coke exported from Kolkata Port in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: A small quantity of 80 tons of metallurgical coke was exported through the eastern India... . ...Read More

• E-auction could be best way to allot coal blocks: Parakh

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Even as India's coal block allocation scam continued to hog the limelight, former co... . ...Read More

• Block de-allocation to worsen coal supply: Parakh

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: The current spate of coal block de-allocation by the government would further worsen the... . ...Read More

• Govt should open up coal sector forthwith: Former coal secy

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: In the national interest, the Indian government should open up the coal sector as soon a... . ...Read More

• Pet coke exports from Kolkata Port at 41 tons in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Export of pet coke via Kolkata Port were at 41 tons in February 2014, as per provisional... . ...Read More

• Paradip Port extends RFP bid for multipurpose berth

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Paradip Port Trust extended the last date of submission of the "request for proposa... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Gangavaram up 18.06% m-o-m in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Steam coal imports via Gangavaram Port stood at 203,389 tons in February 2014, up 18.06%... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Gangavaram fall 38.12% tons in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Coking coal imports through the port of Gangavaram stood at 298,715 tons during the mont... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via Gangavaram fall 7.7% in Feb m-o-m

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Imports of met coke via Gangavaram Port stood at 55,365 tons during February 2014, down ... . ...Read More