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• Coal India officers threaten strike over performance-linked pay

  28 Feb 2014

  A group of Coal India Ltd (CIL) executives has threatened to go on 3-day strike from March 13 unle... . ...Read More

• Wyoming leads in CO2 per person; top coal mining state is a reluctant enforcer of emissions

  28 Feb 2014

  Turns out the worst state for carbon dioxide emissions per person isn't smoggy California or b... . ...Read More

• Asia utilities in dicey bet on cheap, low-rank Indonesia coal: Clyde Russell

  28 Feb 2014

  Many power utilities in Asia appear to be making what seems like an increasingly risky bet: that p... . ...Read More

• Falling Coal Prices Hurt Bukit Asam Profit in 2013

  28 Feb 2014

  State-controlled coal miner Bukit Asam posted lower profit last year as a result of declining glob... . ...Read More

• U.S. Coal Exports Jump Three-fold Since 2005

  28 Feb 2014

  All this week, the Energy Information Administration has released updated data on U.S. energy trad... . ...Read More

• In Europe, dirty coal makes a comeback

  28 Feb 2014

  From the baroque castle where Beethoven premièred his Eroica symphony two centuries ago, Vl... . ...Read More

• Vale 2013 coal production jumps 24% on-year to 9 mt, misses annual target

  28 Feb 2014

  Global diversified miner Vale produced 8.8 million mt of coal in 2013, rising 23.7% on the year, a... . ...Read More

• Anglo American to cut jobs, roster at Drayton thermal coal mine in Australia

  28 Feb 2014

  Anglo American is to move approximately 500 employees at its Drayton export thermal coal mine in t... . ...Read More

• Possible investment ban no hurdle for Arctic coal mining

  28 Feb 2014

  As lawmakers in Oslo debate whether to ban their $840 billion sovereign wealth fund from investing... . ...Read More

• Dynegy loss narrows on improved gas, coal results

  28 Feb 2014

  Dynegy Inc said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed as the power-generating company posted improvemen... . ...Read More

• Coal export facility considered for Port of Oakland

  28 Feb 2014

  UPDATE: The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners voted to reject the proposals. A company tha... . ...Read More

• Biggest solar farm in Latin America to replace old coal unit

  28 Feb 2014

  Last week President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Mexico for what&rsquo... . ...Read More

• Anger erupts as authorities advise relocation from smoke-hit Morwell

  28 Feb 2014

  The elderly, young children, pregnant women and people with lung problems are being advised to lea... . ...Read More

• SA prices soften further on lax demand

  28 Feb 2014

  February 27: Spot prices of South African coal fell sharply on February 26 mainly on lack of enqui... . ...Read More

• NALCO floats NIT to procure 50,000 tons of steam coal

  27 Feb 2014

  February 27: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has floated a notice inviting tender (NIT)... . ...Read More