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• Coal handling at Dahej port up 16.72% in Nov m-o-m

  31 Dec 2013

  December 31: Handling of coal at Dahej port stood at 563,612 tons during the month of November 201... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks rise at Paradip port

  31 Dec 2013

  December 31: Total stocks of coking and steam coal at Paradip port on the eastern coast of India, ... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants slightly up in Dec

  31 Dec 2013

  December 31: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India rose slightly in December 2013... . ...Read More

• First Central Co-Ordination Committee meet on Jan 7

  31 Dec 2013

  December 31: The first meeting of the Central Co-Ordination Committee for the coal sector will be ... . ...Read More

• These Closed-Door Deals Look Good For Coal

  31 Dec 2013

  More evidence is emerging that thermal coal prices have bottomed. Some of the world's large... . ...Read More

• Coal sector in thick of controversies in 2013 over allotment

  31 Dec 2013

  Coal blocks allocation controversy saw its flames reaching high offices like PMO, besides stalling... . ...Read More

• Notices served on 9 firms for coal block development failure

  31 Dec 2013

  The coal ministry on Monday served show-cause notices to Reliance Power, Essar and Hindalco for fa... . ...Read More

• Bumi Resources buys 3 smaller coal miners via debt deals: Jakarta Globe

  31 Dec 2013

  Bumi Resources, a coal miner controlled by the Bakrie Group, acquired three smaller coal miners th... . ...Read More

• US coal production up 5.5% year on year in week ended December 21: EIA

  31 Dec 2013

  US coal production totaled about 19.5 million st in the week ended December 21, 3.1% above the pre... . ...Read More

• Britain shrugs off EU curbs on coal plants despite looming threat of blackouts

  31 Dec 2013

    The United Kingdom will not challenge the European Union’s environmental rules whic... . ...Read More

• Report confirms government effort to alter coal job loss estimates

  31 Dec 2013

  The Obama administration tried to edit a report on new coal regulations to lower analysts’ e... . ...Read More

• Canadian Coal Down but Not yet Completely Out

  31 Dec 2013

  As domestic use declines, will Canadian coal find new Asian export markets?   In a world ... . ...Read More

• Mega-ton coal liquefaction project approved in Inner Mongolia

  31 Dec 2013

  An indirect coal-to-liquid (CTL) project with a yearly output of 2 million tonnes in north China h... . ...Read More

• Manitoba bans coal, petroleum coke heating, incentivizes biomass

  31 Dec 2013

  Manitoba’s petroleum coke and coal heating ban is set to go into effect with the new year, a... . ...Read More

• Coking coal turns weak post settlement of Q1 rates

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: Coking coal prices slipped sharply in limited deals on December 27 in the aftermath o... . ...Read More