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• Sales of surplus coal from captive mines to get a leg-up

  15 Oct 2013

  Power companies such as Jindal Power, Adani, Sterlite and Essar Power could soon be allowed to div... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry to seek CCEA nod for supply to power projects

  15 Oct 2013

  The Coal Ministry has decided to approach the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to allow fuel ... . ...Read More

• The World Bank will fund coal only in rare cases: Ashish Khanna

  15 Oct 2013

  The World Bank recently grabbed headlines globally over an announcement that many believed signall... . ...Read More

• Policy on underground coal gasification likely soon

  15 Oct 2013

  The government is likely to come out with a policy on underground coal gasification soon, accordin... . ...Read More

• Coal block auction likely in December

  15 Oct 2013

  The first ever auction of coal blocks to the private sector is likely to take place in December as... . ...Read More

• Ennore Port to construct new coal berth for TANGEDCO

  15 Oct 2013

  Ennore Port Ltd, the entity that runs the Union government-owned port at Ennore in Tamil Nadu, wil... . ...Read More

• FARC guerrillas bomb railway of top Colombia coal miner Cerrejon

  15 Oct 2013

  Colombia's biggest coal producer, Cerrejon, said a bomb attack on its railway on Sunday partia... . ...Read More

• African Energy Resources acquires 2.4Bt tonne coal project in Botswana

  15 Oct 2013

    African Energy Resources (ASX:AFR) will lift its total coal resources to a massive 6.2 bi... . ...Read More

• Qld to fast-track coal permits

  15 Oct 2013

  Approval time for exploration permits for coal and mineral mining could be halved in Queensland un... . ...Read More

• Coal still in the running with natural gas

  15 Oct 2013

  Gas-fired generation continued to lose ground to coal for the month of September 2013 when compare... . ...Read More

• China mulls lifting coal export tax in 2014: paper

  15 Oct 2013

  China, the world's top producer and consumer of coal, is considering scrapping a 10 percent ta... . ...Read More

• Coal Slump Leaves Australia Port Half-Used, Lenders at Risk

  15 Oct 2013

  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) and Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC) are among len... . ...Read More

• Europe cutting back on green-energy “investments” while coal makes a comeback

  15 Oct 2013

  Once upon a yesteryear, various European and Asian governments as well as the United States seemed... . ...Read More

• Eskom cuts coal-haulage operating hours

  15 Oct 2013

  State-owned Eskom on Monday said it had cut back on its coal-hauling times on the back of a recent... . ...Read More

• Peabody idles Australian coal mine due to union dispute

  15 Oct 2013

  Peabody Energy said on Monday it had temporarily shut down operations at its Metropolitan coal min... . ...Read More