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• China to boost annual railway coal capacity to 3 bln T by 2020

  15 Jan 2014

  China aims to increase its annual railway capacity for coal haulage by around a third by 2020 as p... . ...Read More

• Big Coal Undercuts Landmark U.S. Overseas Investment Policy

  15 Jan 2014

  Environmentalists and some lawmakers are decrying a surprise move by conservative members of Congr... . ...Read More

• Prices rise as Colombian supplies start to tighten

  15 Jan 2014

  European physical coal prices rose on Tuesday as export trouble in Colombia threatened to cut supp... . ...Read More

• Iron ore, coking coal prices are breaking bad

  15 Jan 2014

  The price of iron ore slumped to a 6-month low on Tuesday, breaking below the $130 level for the f... . ...Read More

• Further firmness seen in SA coal prices

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Spot prices of South African steam coal of 6,000 Kcal/kg NAR firmed up sharply on Janu... . ...Read More

• Jaypee floats enquiry for 4 capesize cargo of imported coal

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: The Jaypee Group recently floated an enquiry to procure four capesize cargo of importe... . ...Read More

• Jaypee may take call on pet coke imports

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: The Jaypee Group is exploring the option of using imported petroleum coke for use at i... . ...Read More

• RIL rolls over pet coke prices for January loading

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India's largest petroleum coke producer, has rolled... . ...Read More

• MRPL further extends commissioning of pet coke unit to Feb 2014

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), a subsidiary of ONGC Ltd, has once... . ...Read More

• International pet coke market range-bound

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: International prices of fuel grade petroleum coke continue to move in a range as China... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL up 9.59% in December

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Co... . ...Read More

• BCCL receives two bids for Dugda washery

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) has received two bids for its Dugda coal washery pro... . ...Read More

• MoC warns HINDALCO, Tata Power over Tubed block

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has sent a warning for inordinate delay over the developmen... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Chennai dwindle to 76 tons in Dec

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Steam coal imports via Chennai port dropped to a mere 76 tons in December 2013 against... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Chennai up 14% in Dec m-o-m

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Coking coal imports via Chennai port rose by 14% to 171 tons in December against 149 t... . ...Read More