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• Softness continues in international coal prices

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Spot prices of steam coal in the international markets continued to remain soft on Jan... . ...Read More

• RBI raises repo rates by 25 bps, CRR unchanged

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan again surprised the markets and raised the key po... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mumbai up 42.51% in Dec m-o-m

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Steam coal imports through the port of Mumbai increased considerably to 444,676 tons i... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mundra up 0.93% in Dec m-o-m

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Steam coal imports through the port of Mundra rose 0.93% to 1,359,755 tons in December... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mundra surge m-o-m in Dec

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Coking coal imports through Mundra Port during December 2013 rose almost 4.7 times to ... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Mundra sharply up in Dec m-o-m

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Imports of gypsum through Mundra port stood at 1,066 tons in December 2013, sharply up... . ...Read More

• Coal hope for NTPC project

  28 Jan 2014

  State power minister Manish Gupta has assured the NTPC that the government will arrange for coal s... . ...Read More

• India to forge ties with Australia, New Zealand in mines, coal

  28 Jan 2014

  India is likely to forge pacts with Australia and New Zealand to strengthen cooperation in mining ... . ...Read More

• Coal India Ltd to produce synthetic gas in two blocks

  28 Jan 2014

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) is set to enter synthetic coal gas production with plans to start development... . ...Read More

• South Africa offers coal to Punjab for thermal plants

  28 Jan 2014

  South Africa has extended support to the Punjab government for providing coal for its thermal plan... . ...Read More

• Don’t believe the hype: China’s coal problem is still a problem

  28 Jan 2014

  New fossil energy output in China, most of it coal, exceeded new wind energy by six times and sola... . ...Read More

• Maules Creek blockade: Coal company says protesters will not stop mine

  28 Jan 2014

  Protesters say $767m coalmine near Boggabri  would destroy forest and sacred Aboriginal cultu... . ...Read More

• In the house, a little quid pro coal?

  28 Jan 2014

  Coal is down but not out thanks in part to a pro-coal rider passed in the omnibus spending bill. A... . ...Read More

• Owner reaffirms 2017 closing of Brayton Point plant

  28 Jan 2014

  Loss of coal-fired facility, one of state’s dirtiest generators, may raise prices The o... . ...Read More

• Ample supplies push down SA coal prices

  27 Jan 2014

  January 27: Spot prices of South African steam coal softened further on January 24 on ample suppli... . ...Read More