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• ‘Let them eat coal’: Why cheap, dirty fuels aren’t a meal ticket for developing countries

  06 Dec 2013

  By Brentin Mock Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish provocateur who loves to pick fights with the climate mo... . ...Read More

• Chinese Miner Plans IPO of Australian Coal Assets

  06 Dec 2013

  Coal prices are burning brighter than for several months, and that’s encouraging Chinese min... . ...Read More

• Qatar still interested in huge coal project in Turkey, says Minister Yıldız

  06 Dec 2013

  Qatar wants to invest in the Afşin-Elbistan coal reserves in the eastern province of Kahramanmara... . ...Read More

• Miner Vale to sell 15-25 pct stake in coal operations

  06 Dec 2013

  Brazilian miner Vale plans to sell a 15 to 25 percent stake in its coal operations, including proj... . ...Read More

• Indonesian coal prices firm up

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: Spot price of Indonesian and Australian steam coals firmed up on December 4 on expecta... . ...Read More

• Reliance keeps pet coke prices unchanged for Dec loading

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s largest petroleum coke maker, has kept th... . ...Read More

• MRPL like to commission 1 mtpa pet coke facility this month

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), a subsidiary of ONGC Ltd, is expec... . ...Read More

• MMTC floats NIT to procure 100 tons of pet coke

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: MMTC Limited, a Government of India (GoI) enterprise, has floated a notice inviting te... . ...Read More

• NTPC opts for early closure of bond issue

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: NTPC Ltd, which had floated a public issue of tax-free secured redeemable non-converti... . ...Read More

• Cement sector growth estimated at 3% in FY’14

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: The Indian cement industry is expected to notch up a modest growth of around 3% in 201... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mormugao fall 26.95% in Nov m-o-m

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: Import of coking coal via Mormugao port stood at 512,314 tons during the month of Nove... . ...Read More

• Non-coking coal imports via Mormugao at 88,700 tons in Nov

  05 Dec 2013

  December 5: Import of non-coking coal via Mormugao port stood at 88,700 tons during the month of N... . ...Read More

• Restrict surplus coal transfer within end-use sector: Chaturvedi panel

  05 Dec 2013

  Surplus production, if any, has to be transferred to the nearest CIL subsidiary at a transfer pric... . ...Read More

• Govt mulls framing policy on using rejects from coal washeries

  05 Dec 2013

  A committee will assess the actual rejects generated from CIL washeries and formulate suitable gui... . ...Read More

• Asian twins show huge appetite for coal

  05 Dec 2013

  World coal demand is forecast to grow by 1.2 billion tonnes in the next five years – and mor... . ...Read More