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• China coal output seen up 2.7 per cent in 2014: Coal group

  17 Jan 2014

  Chinese coal production is expected to grow 2.7 percent this year to around 3.8 billion tonnes, wi... . ...Read More

• Japan utilities December coal use rises 15% y-o-y

  17 Jan 2014

  Japan's regional power monopolies consumed 15 percent more thermal coal in December than a yea... . ...Read More

• US weekly coal carloads down 7.4% from last year: AAR

  17 Jan 2014

  The number of coal carloads originated by US railroads totaled 103,695 for the week ending January... . ...Read More

• SouthGobi 2013 coal output more than doubles as mine restarts

  17 Jan 2014

  SouthGobi Resources Ltd, a coal producer in Mongolia controlled by a Rio Tinto Group unit, more th... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy ranks No. 2 in U.S. for coal spending

  17 Jan 2014

  Duke Energy Corp ranks second among U.S. utilities for spending on coal to produce electricity. An... . ...Read More

• Beacon Hill confirms completion of rolling stock for Moz coal project

  17 Jan 2014

  Dual-listed Beacon Hill Resources revealed on Thursday that the locomotives and wagons that would ... . ...Read More

• 41 coal allocations to be axed

  16 Jan 2014

  The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it might cancel 41 coal block allocations made betw... . ...Read More

• Show us coal blocks allocation guidelines, SC tells government

  16 Jan 2014

  The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that th... . ...Read More

• SC lens on allocations by Manmohan Singh-headed coal ministry

  16 Jan 2014

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday put a spanner in the Centre's works to put 'Coalgate' o... . ...Read More

• Why are private firms preferred in allocation of coal blocks, SC asks

  16 Jan 2014

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to explain why certain private firms were preferre... . ...Read More

• Coal blocks: Pvt firms told to clear deficiencies in 4-6 weeks, Govt to apex court

  16 Jan 2014

  The Centre today told the Supreme Court that private firms allocated 61 coal blocks have been aske... . ...Read More

• CAG readying another report on coal block irregularities

  16 Jan 2014

  In what could put the Congress-led government to more embarrassment before UPA-II's term comes... . ...Read More

• Tigers or coal? India makes a choice

  16 Jan 2014

  "You need to choose if you want tigers or you want electricity -- you can't have both,&qu... . ...Read More

• Drop in coking coal prices to improve steel firms’ profit

  16 Jan 2014

  Decline in coking coal prices and a marginal improvement in steel prices are likely to help steel ... . ...Read More

• Atlantic Financial Coal: Prompt CIF ARA swaps jump $1 on Drummond supply stop

  16 Jan 2014

  Front-end European-delivered CIF ARA thermal coal swaps surged by more than $1 Wednesday as source... . ...Read More