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• Power woes push up coal imports

  16 Jul 2018

  Coal imports, which had declined over the last four years, are expected to shoot up, with power pl... . ...Read More

• China June coal output dips to lowest since October

  16 Jul 2018

  China produced 298 million tonnes of coal in June, down 1.4 percent to an eight-month low, the Nat... . ...Read More

• Thermal Coal Prices Are Soaring

  11 Jul 2018

  Benchmark seaborne thermal coal prices jumped to $120.10 per tonne on Thursday, its highest level ... . ...Read More

• Wet weather slows Indonesian coal exports, supports prices

  11 Jul 2018

  Wetter than normal weather in recent months has slowed coal shipments from one of the main produci... . ...Read More

• CEA supports imports for thermal power plants to tide over coal shortage

  10 Jul 2018

  Government-run thermal power plants must import coal to compensate for domestic coal shortages, th... . ...Read More

• Focus on meeting demand, Goyal to Coal India

  10 Jul 2018

  Taking stock of coal supply situation in the country, Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday a... . ...Read More

• Indian power plants not operating to full capacity as coal imports drop by 32 per cent

  10 Jul 2018

  The decline in coal imports by India’s power plants points to distress in an increasing numb... . ...Read More

• Decline in Indian Power Plant Coal Imports Signals Distress

  10 Jul 2018

  The decline in coal imports by India’s power plants points to distress in an increasing numb... . ...Read More

• What the failed Glencore-Tohoku coal talks mean for the market

  06 Jul 2018

  Electric utilities in Japan and other Asian countries are driving blind when it comes to coal pric... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal prices hit 6-year high

  06 Jul 2018

  Benchmark seaborne thermal coal prices jumped to $120.10 per tonne on Thursday, its highest level ... . ...Read More

• Glencore Coal Deal Collapse Shakes the Market

  04 Jul 2018

  As the breakdown of Asia’s thermal coal pricing system leaves some buyers adrift without the... . ...Read More

• Power sector in a limbo: Top posts in Coal India lying vacant

  04 Jul 2018

  At a time when the power sector is grappling with a severe coal shortage, it has come to light tha... . ...Read More

• Swiss Re sets thermal coal threshold

  04 Jul 2018

  Swiss Re starts the implementation of its thermal coal policy announced in June 2017. Under the co... . ...Read More

• SCCL coal production up by 1.5% in Q1

  03 Jul 2018

  The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. has achieved 1.5% growth rate in coal production in the firs... . ...Read More

• CIL coal supply to power plants up 15% in April-June

  03 Jul 2018

  Coal supply to the power sector by state-owned CIL increased 15 percent to 122.8 million tonne (MT... . ...Read More