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• Panamax coal freight rates in Pacific fall on excess tonnage

  03 Jan 2014

  Panamax freight rates on thermal coal carrying routes into India began the new year on a downward ... . ...Read More

• 5.3 Billion Reasons Why Companies that Built Coal Plants Now Want to Tear Them Down

  03 Jan 2014

  When societies shift, one sign is the physical structures that they choose to tear down. Starting ... . ...Read More

• Clean Coal Technology is a Necessity & These 3 Companies Know It

  03 Jan 2014

  China accounts for around half of the world's coal consumption and will likely be the driving ... . ...Read More

• China’s No.3 coal firm looking into solar power market

  03 Jan 2014

  China’s third largest state-owned coal miner, Datong Coal Mine Group (LON:DTE), has partnere... . ...Read More

• Sluggish trend continues in international coal markets

  02 Jan 2014

  January 2: Spot coal prices remained range-bound on January 1 as participants continued to remain ... . ...Read More

• 10 more companies hauled up by MoC as new year sets in

  02 Jan 2014

  January 2: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) started off the new calendar by show-causing 7 more companie... . ...Read More

• PGCIL synchronises Southern Grid with National Grid

  02 Jan 2014

  January 2: In a major breakthrough in the power transmission sector, Power Grid Corporation of Ind... . ...Read More

• Failure to lift coal by Mahagenco hit consumers: CAG

  02 Jan 2014

  Mahagenco has been under fire of late from consumer activists for not lifting its share of coal fr... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry to seek CCI nod for mine development

  02 Jan 2014

  The Coal Ministry will seek approval from the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to fast-track ... . ...Read More

• Coal & Oil Group to invest Rs 10k cr in TN

  02 Jan 2014

  The project which is being developed at a cost of around Rs 6,800 cr by Coastal Energen Pvt Ltd, t... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry notice on Bankhui coal block

  02 Jan 2014

  Continuing its spree of crackdown on frivolous coal block allocatees, the Ministry of Coal (MoC) h... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry slaps show cause notices on Rungta Mines and Kohinoor Steel

  02 Jan 2014

  In letters to both companies, the ministry asked them to reply within a period of 20 days, as to w... . ...Read More

• SCCL to raise explosive-making capacity, add 5 washeries

  02 Jan 2014

  State-owned miner Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) has drawn up plans to strengthen its explosi... . ...Read More

• Stage set for a clean-up act in mining

  02 Jan 2014

  For a large part of the year, the mining sector continued to grapple with controversies related to... . ...Read More

• Coal and petroleum coke heating ban takes effect in Manitoba

  02 Jan 2014

  Legislation enacted by the Manitoba government to ban petroleum coke and coal heating came into ef... . ...Read More