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• Coal India may limit supply to power plants with large stocks

  27 Jul 2018

  State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is exploring the possibility of restricting fuel supplies to powe... . ...Read More

• India Asks Private Power Plants To Import Coal To Tackle Crunch

  26 Jul 2018

  India asked private power producers that don’t have long-term fuel supply pacts to import co... . ...Read More

• CIL has taken various measures to improve coal supply, says Chairman

  26 Jul 2018

  Coal India Limited (CIL) Chairman, Anil Kumar Jha today said CIL was taking various measures to im... . ...Read More

• BMI raises thermal coal price forecast to $100/t

  25 Jul 2018

  BMI has increased its thermal coal price forecast for this year to $100/t from $85/t previously as... . ...Read More

• India’s thermal coal imports rise

  25 Jul 2018

  India´s thermal coal imports rose by more than 14 percent in the second quarter of 2018 from... . ...Read More

• Coal India production picking up but domestic shortage to persist for 2 to 3 years

  25 Jul 2018

  Green shoots are emerging for State-owned miner Coal India Limited (CIL), with first-quarter coal ... . ...Read More

• June coal imports up 1.6% on year to 2.41 million tons

  25 Jul 2018

  Thailand imported 2.41 million mt of coal in June, edging up 1.6% from the same month last year, a... . ...Read More

• Union Coal Secretary visits CCL mines in Jharkhand Ramgarh

  23 Jul 2018

  Union Coal Secretary Inder Jit Singh, today visited mines owned by the Central Coalfields Limited ... . ...Read More

• High coal prices putting pressure on Malaysia power sector

  23 Jul 2018

  Coal plays a large role in Malaysia’s energy scheme and is fully imported. Some 63%, is impo... . ...Read More

• Major ports see 19% surge in thermal coal imports in April-June

  23 Jul 2018

  India's top 12 major ports reported a 19.32 per cent surge in imports of thermal coal to 28.28... . ...Read More

• Southern Chinese ports prioritize thermal coal imports; coking coal buying slows

  19 Jul 2018

  Coking coal end-users in southern China are taking a step back from making seaborne purchases, giv... . ...Read More

• No coal shortage for power sector: Goyal

  19 Jul 2018

  There is no shortage of coal for the power sector as coal-based power generation grew by 5.3 perce... . ...Read More

• JSW Steel restarts coking coal mining in US

  17 Jul 2018

  JSW Steel has restarted coking coal mining in the US after a gap of almost three years. Operations... . ...Read More

• Coal waste used to create sustainable concrete

  17 Jul 2018

  Scientists have created a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete using coal fly ash, a wa... . ...Read More

• Coal Mining Update Indonesia: Production, Export & Price

  16 Jul 2018

  According to the latest data from Indonesia's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, the natio... . ...Read More