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• Cancellation of coal blocks to JSPL, Tatas ‘unfortunate’, says Odisha govt

  19 Feb 2014

  The Odisha government today termed as ‘unfortunate’ the Union Coal Ministry’s de... . ...Read More

• KU to enforce ban on coal extraction

  19 Feb 2014

  Konyak Union (KU) has resolved to enforce a ban on coalmine extraction under Mon district jurisdic... . ...Read More

• South Africa’s thermal coal export volume up in 2013

  19 Feb 2014

  South African thermal coal shipments out of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) reached a record... . ...Read More

• Morgan Stanley Sees Met Coal Rebound as Key Catalyst for Shares on Teck Resources

  19 Feb 2014

  In a report published Tuesday, Morgan Stanley analyst Paretosh Misra reiterated an Equal-Weight ra... . ...Read More

• Another Nation Goes Coal Critical

  19 Feb 2014

  The thermal coal story in Asia just keeps looking better. With another data point last week sugges... . ...Read More

• Coal ash lines Dan River 70 miles from Eden spill site

  19 Feb 2014

  Federal officials said Tuesday that toxic coal ash has coated the bottom of a North Carolina river... . ...Read More

• German Village Resists Plans to Strip It Away for the Coal Underneath

  19 Feb 2014

  A grove of apple saplings grows on the lee side of Ulrich Schulz’s barn. He did not plant th... . ...Read More

• Coal mine blast kills seven in Ukraine

  19 Feb 2014

  Seven miners were killed and nine others injured when a methane blast ripped through a coal mine i... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices rise marginally

  18 Feb 2014

  February 18: Spot coal prices in the international markets showed mixed trends with South African ... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL up 5.26% in Jan m-o-m

  18 Feb 2014

  February 18: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries C... . ...Read More

• Mineral production up 7.4% in December

  18 Feb 2014

  February 18: The index of mineral production of the mining and quarrying sector was up 7.4% in Dec... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry on de-allocation spree

  18 Feb 2014

  February 18: The Ministry of Coal, acting on the recommendation of the Inter-Ministerial Group, ha... . ...Read More

• India, ADB sign $130-m loan facility for rail routes

  18 Feb 2014

  February 18: The Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $130-million l... . ...Read More

• Essar Energy targets peak production of CBM

  18 Feb 2014

  February 18: Essar Energy plc targets a peak production of 3 million standard cubic meter per day ... . ...Read More

• Govt cancels coal blocks of 18 companies

  18 Feb 2014

  Eight of these blocks are part of the 61 captive coal acreages allocated to private companies post... . ...Read More