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• Coal India production hit due to Cyclone

  16 Oct 2013

  State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) has suffered a production loss of about 1.2 million tonne (MT) in... . ...Read More

• E A S Sarma: How sustainable is coal mining in India?

  16 Oct 2013

  Greenpeace, the environment non-governmental organisation (NGO), recently released its study, &quo... . ...Read More

• Argus and IHS McCloskey launch new API 3 coal index

  16 Oct 2013

  Commodities news and price reporting agency Argus and business information provider IHS (NYSE: IHS... . ...Read More

• China Sept coal imports down 0.9 pct on month - industry website

  16 Oct 2013

  China's total coal imports, including lignite, dropped 0.9 percent in September from the prece... . ...Read More

• Japan on gas, coal power building spree to fill nuclear void

  16 Oct 2013

  Japan plans to start up 14 new gas and coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014, allowing a swit... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto copper, iron ore, coal output rising after strong Q3

  16 Oct 2013

  Global miner Rio Tinto boosted its forecast copper output for 2013 after a better-than-expected re... . ...Read More

• Consol’s Unexpectedly Strong Showing In Coal

  16 Oct 2013

  Consol EnergyCNX got investors and analysts buzzing by raising the possibility of splitting its ga... . ...Read More

• No royalty relief as Rio opens expanded Qld coal mine

  16 Oct 2013

  Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls says he will not be axing state-based mining royalty hikes, ev... . ...Read More

• Southland coal looks set to stay in the hole

  16 Oct 2013

  Coal activists are cheering today at the news that Solid Energy and GLT Ltd are mothballing the ... . ...Read More

• Coal’s Slump Leaves Czech Town Facing Mass Unemployment

  16 Oct 2013

  Most mornings, Lubomir Nevrly drives past a forest of grimy chimneys and steel-mill towers spewing... . ...Read More

• Restricted movement in international coal prices

  15 Oct 2013

  October 15: International coal prices moved in a restricted manner in absence of major enquiries, ... . ...Read More

• Asian, African coal import falls 0.49% in Sept via RBCT

  15 Oct 2013

  October 15: The import of coal from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by Africa... . ...Read More

• Bewildering Indian policies fuel needless coal imports

  15 Oct 2013

  Tata Power's (TTPW.NS) 1,050 Megawatt power station in Jharkhand is a textbook case of the abs... . ...Read More

• Coal to surpass oil as top global fuel by 2020 - Woodmac

  15 Oct 2013

  Coal will surpass oil as the key fuel for the global economy by 2020 despite government efforts to... . ...Read More

• PSPCL succumbs to pressure from coal supplier

  15 Oct 2013

  Succumbing to pressure by the coal supplier, the cash-strapped Punjab State Power Corporation Limi... . ...Read More