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• Union anger at Qld coal mine closure

  10 Dec 2013

  A QUEENSLAND coal mine slated for closure after Christmas is profitable and achieved record produc... . ...Read More

• Northeast states pissed at Midwest states over coal pollution

  10 Dec 2013

  In the latest high-profile move to crush the antiquated practice of burning coal in the U.S., the ... . ...Read More

• Powder Rive Basin Coal on the Move

  10 Dec 2013

  The broad high prairie of eastern Wyoming and southern Montana was once the bottom of a shallow se... . ...Read More

• Outsourcing gathers steam at Coal India as trade unions dither

  10 Dec 2013

  The trade unions of Coal India Ltd have not decided whether they will go on strike this month a... . ...Read More

• Kenya plans tie-up with China’s Fenxi for 31 coal blocks

  10 Dec 2013

  Kenya plans to sign a concession accord this week with Fenxi Mining Industry Co. of China to devel... . ...Read More

• Mixed trend seen in international coal markets

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: A mixed trend was visible in the international steam coal markets on December 6 as pri... . ...Read More

• Mysore Paper floats NIT for 42,000 tons of imported steam coal

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: The Mysore Paper Mills Limited, a Government of Karnataka undertaking, has floated a n... . ...Read More

• SLC (LT) meet postponed to December 20

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has postponed without assigning any reason the proposed mee... . ...Read More

• Power generation costs up on revision in coal transport charges

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: The cost of power generation has gone up by one paise per unit because of a revision i... . ...Read More

• Efforts on to develop NW 4-5: Shipping minister

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: Undeterred by the adverse report of a consultant, the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) is ma... . ...Read More

• Coal prices soften in the first week of December

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: Spot coal prices showed mixed trends in the week ended December 6 as rates were up in ... . ...Read More

• Biswal is new DT (Finance) of NTPC

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: Kulamani Biswal has taken over as Director (Finance) on the board of NTPC Ltd with eff... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Gangavaram fall 54.86% m-o-m in Nov

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: Steam coal imports via Gangavaram port fell 54.86% to 143,464 tons in November 2013 fr... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Gangavaram at 417,414 tons in Nov

  09 Dec 2013

  December 9: Coking coal imports through the port of Gangavaram stood at 417,414 tons during the mo... . ...Read More

• Coal India looking at mine acquisitions in Indonesia: report

  09 Dec 2013

  Pursuing its overseas expansion strategy, Coal India Ltd (CIL) is actively looking at as many as f... . ...Read More