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• Top cos rush to Veerappa Moily to seek pending approvals

  05 Feb 2014

  Environment minister Veerappa Moily is a much sought-after man with the coal ministry set to revie... . ...Read More

• Posco advised to source coal from free markets for Odisha project

  05 Feb 2014

  The government has advised South Korean steel major Posco to source iron from the free market for ... . ...Read More

• India closing deals for Indonesian coal, more deals expected this week

  05 Feb 2014

  Indian buyers have been in the market for Indonesian thermal coal this week, and were heard to clo... . ...Read More

• CBI concludes probe in seven coal scam cases

  05 Feb 2014

  The CBI has concluded investigations in seven cases in the coal block allocation scam and charge-s... . ...Read More

• Commodities: Iron ore, coal slump on emerging market fears

  05 Feb 2014

  Turmoil in emerging markets and nervousness about the Chinese economy rocked global bulk commodity... . ...Read More

• Luminant restarts 3 Texas coal-fired units as power prices rise

  05 Feb 2014

  Luminant, the largest owner of power plants in Texas, said it will restart three coal-fired plants... . ...Read More

• Arch Coal sees U.S. thermal markets improving; loss widens

  05 Feb 2014

  U.S. coal miner Arch Coal Inc reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss due to weak shipments... . ...Read More

• U.S. not protecting taxpayers on coal exports -report

  05 Feb 2014

  U.S. officials are not doing enough to protect the interests of taxpayers in regard to the million... . ...Read More

• January Hampton Roads coal exports fall 15.5% to 3.6 million st

  05 Feb 2014

  Coal exports from the three terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region fell to 3,632,800 st ... . ...Read More

• Little change in international coal prices

  03 Feb 2014

  February 03: The spot prices in international coal markets remained subdued amidst continued absen... . ...Read More

• Coal import demand may slacken a bit

  03 Feb 2014

  February 3: Thanks to a significant growth expected in the fourth quarter (January-March) in domes... . ...Read More

• Capacity constraints to hinder 12th Plan targets, CIL tells MoC

  03 Feb 2014

  February 3: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which is pursuing an ambitious target of achieving 615 million t... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks fall at Mundra Port m-o-m

  03 Feb 2014

  February 3: Stocks of imported coal (all types of coal) at Mundra Port, the largest commercial por... . ...Read More

• Fall in imported coal stocks at New Mangalore Port

  03 Feb 2014

  February 3: The stocks of imported coal (steam coal, coking coal and coke) at New Mangalore Port Tr... . ...Read More

• Panel on coal linkages to meet on Feb 19

  03 Feb 2014

  Coal India has signed 157 fuel supply agreements with power producers for a capacity of 71,145 MW,... . ...Read More