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• Botswana to sign deal with Namibia to develop coal-export line

  11 Feb 2014

  Botswana and Namibia will sign a deal at the end of this month to develop a 1,500-kilometer (932-m... . ...Read More

• ‘Desperate’ Eskom burn-tests coal sample

  11 Feb 2014

  ESKOM has begun a 30-day burn test on a 200,000 tonne coal sample from the Waterberg Joint Venture... . ...Read More

• Petrovietnam to import coal from 2017 for power plants

  11 Feb 2014

  State oil and gas group Petrovietnam is looking to buy around 10 million tonnes of coal a year, mo... . ...Read More

• Dry winter to spur gas, coal burning in western US

  11 Feb 2014

  Below normal rain and snow fall along the Pacific coast and Rocky mountains this winter will sharp... . ...Read More

• Safer natural plants replacing coal

  11 Feb 2014

  While all power plants have health and safety “issues,” environmental problems related... . ...Read More

• Indonesian coal prices firm up marginally

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Lower grade Indonesian coal prices firmed up slightly in the spot markets on February... . ...Read More

• Indian consumers’ coal enquiries firm up

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Enquiries for imported coal from Indian consumers, particularly cement- makers, have ... . ...Read More

• Loading starts at RBCT, prices may soften: Trader

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: The power outage at RBCT, which had led to a shortage in coal cargo for spot loading,... . ...Read More

• UltraTech floats enquiry for one Panamax cargo

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: UltraTech Ltd, India’s leading cement-maker, has floated an enquiry to procure ... . ...Read More

• Essar Power in market to procure 2 capesize parcels of imported coal

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Essar Power Ltd has floated an enquiry to procure a total of two parcels of capesize ... . ...Read More

• Coal import demand to remain modest

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Sustained firmness in South African coal prices, increased coal stocks at various por... . ...Read More

• SCCL’s coal production down 6% in Jan m-o-m

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Coal production from the 49 mines of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) during J... . ...Read More

• SCCL’s January despatches at 4.539 mt

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Singareni Colliers Company Limited (SCCL) has reported total coal despatches of 4.539... . ...Read More

• Jan steam coal imports via Paradip drop 40.68% m-o-m

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Steam coal imports through the port of Paradip dropped 40.68% to 489,348 tons in Janu... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Paradip down 27.83% in Jan

  10 Feb 2014

  February 10: Imports of coking coal through the port of Paradip dropped 27.83% to 453,321 tons in ... . ...Read More