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• Govt set to cap coal output, boost domestic use

  03 Mar 2014

  After flexing its regulatory muscle with the ore-export ban, the government has gone one step furt... . ...Read More

• Coal past bottom of cycle: mine-service operators

  03 Mar 2014

  They are not cheering about any explosive boom of recovery. But they are hoping for a gradual pick... . ...Read More

• Solar puts heat on coal for India

  03 Mar 2014

  For six years India's monopoly coal producer has missed its production targets, leading to chr... . ...Read More

• A bad bank for German hard coal?

  03 Mar 2014

  Germany’s power plants fired with hard coal might soon run for fewer and fewer hours each ye... . ...Read More

• Infra story has derailed; coal must be privatised: Parekh

  28 Feb 2014

  Revitalising the infrastructure sector, and energy security will be key challenges before the next... . ...Read More

• Coal imports to rise just 3.4% in FY14

  28 Feb 2014

  In 2012-13, India’s burgeoning coal imports was among the finance ministry’s key conce... . ...Read More

• NTPC eyes buyout of coal-based power projects, floats EoI

  28 Feb 2014

  NTPC, the country's largest power producer with cash balance of around Rs 17,000 crore, has be... . ...Read More

• 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