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• 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

• 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