Coal news and updates

Updated daily

• Coking coal imports via Chennai up 42% in Nov m-o-m

  16 Dec 2013

  December 16: Coking coal imports via Chennai port rose 42% to 149 tons in November 2013 against 10... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Chennai sharply up in Nov m-o-m

  16 Dec 2013

  December 16: Petroleum coke imports through Chennai port rose 182.5% to 113 tons in November 2013 ... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports through Chennai at 55 tons in Nov

  16 Dec 2013

  December 16: Anthracite coal imports via Chennai port were at 55 tons in November 2013, as per pro... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Chennai port at 1,167 tons in Nov m-o-m

  16 Dec 2013

  December 16: Gypsum imports through Chennai port were at 1,167 tons in November 2013 against a mer... . ...Read More

• Gypsum exports via Chennai at 51 tons in Nov m-o-m

  16 Dec 2013

  December 16: Gypsum exports through Chennai port were at 51 tons in November 2013, as per provisio... . ...Read More

• CCI suggests coal sector restructuring by introducing more players

  16 Dec 2013

  The Competition Commission of India (CCI), which found Coal India (CIL) guilty of abusing its mono... . ...Read More

• CIL penalty brings focus back on coal regulator

  16 Dec 2013

  Doubts rising over CIL’s capacity to meet growing demand gap The recent imposition of Rs 1,... . ...Read More

• Bill to create coal regulatory body introduced in Lok Sabha

  16 Dec 2013

  A Bill to set up an independent coal sector regulator with the task of conserving resources and ch... . ...Read More

• Coal India board to discuss special dividend to govt Monday

  16 Dec 2013

  State-owned Coal India Ltd has called a board meeting tomorrow to consider giving special dividend... . ...Read More

• Let Coal Inda get fuel from captive mines at cost: Ministry

  16 Dec 2013

  The Coal Ministry is of the view that Coal India should pay only the production cost while buying ... . ...Read More

• Adani coal mine moves ahead

  16 Dec 2013

  Indian firm Adani is a step closer to building a $2.2 billion rail line connecting a proposed coal... . ...Read More

• ANC in South Africa fights to expand country’s coal production

  16 Dec 2013

  South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is backing the expansion o... . ...Read More

• 21 workers killed after gas explosion at western Xinjiang coal mine

  16 Dec 2013

  An explosion has killed 21 workers at a coal mine in the far western Xinjiang region, Xinhua repor... . ...Read More

• China’s Changing Coal Consumption Threatens Australia

  16 Dec 2013

  China's changing coal consumption is threatening the existence of Australian coal mines. As Ch... . ...Read More

• Australia approves coal port near Great Barrier Reef

  16 Dec 2013

  Environmentalists fear that approval for one of the world’s largest coal ports and an associ... . ...Read More