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• Chinese imported thermal coal demand weakens as utility stocks pile up

  13 Dec 2013

  Several power utilities in China are already covered for their requirements in the run-up to the L... . ...Read More

• Qinhuangdao Port Drops on Debut on Coal-Demand Concerns

  13 Dec 2013

  Qinhuangdao Port Co. (3369), operator of the world’s biggest coal hub, dropped 6.3 percent i... . ...Read More

• Higher coal traffic boosts Eastern Railway freight earnings in November 13

  13 Dec 2013

  Eastern Railway achieved its highest-ever loading of freight traffic in November this year. It suc... . ...Read More

• Natural gas to overtake coal, says ExxonMobil

  13 Dec 2013

  Natural gas will overtake coal as a global energy source in the middle of the next decade, mainly ... . ...Read More

• Developing coal miner could have the answer to SA’s power problem

  13 Dec 2013

  With State-owned power utility Eskom declaring an emergency regulatory protocol last month, requir... . ...Read More

• Solar and wind power battle with coal in South Africa

  13 Dec 2013

  Africa is often portrayed as a victim of climate change, a continent that emits little carbon yet ... . ...Read More

• Arch Coal Raises $350 Million With Bonds to Fund Tender Offer

  13 Dec 2013

  Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) raised $350 million with an offering of secured notes as the coal producer pr... . ...Read More

• Another U.S. Public Funding Institution Will Get Out of Coal Power Plants: New Export-Import Bank Guidelines Adopted

  13 Dec 2013

  The Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (U.S. Ex-Im) has just voted to shift its funding out of c... . ...Read More

• Accelerated coal power phase out defeated in Lords

  13 Dec 2013

  The House of Lords has backed down in its stand-off with MPs over the speed at which coal-fired po... . ...Read More

• US Coal System No Longer Cost-Effective

  13 Dec 2013

  Aging and inefficient plants, competing energy sources, and the looming reality of climate change ... . ...Read More

• Govt, miner fast track coal project

  13 Dec 2013

    The Lock The Gate alliance and the Bulga Milbrodale Process Association (BMPA) have writt... . ...Read More

• Firmness in international coal prices

  12 Dec 2013

  December 12: Increased enquires from Chinese companies for spot loading cargoes firmed up internat... . ...Read More

• MRPL defers commissioning of pet coke refinery to Jan 2014

  12 Dec 2013

  December 12: Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), a subsidiary of ONGC Ltd, has ext... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL up 8.97% in November

  12 Dec 2013

  December 12: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries C... . ...Read More

• India adds 8,000 MW renewable capacity in 2 years

  12 Dec 2013

  December 12: India has added over 8,000 MW of renewable energy capacity during 2011-12 and 2012-13... . ...Read More