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• Imported thermal coal prices may soften from October

  14 Aug 2017

  Imported thermal coal prices are likely to soften from October as China is expected to reduce impo... . ...Read More

• China July coal output lowest since October as Beijing crackdown hits home

  14 Aug 2017

  China's coal production in July fell 4.5 percent to 294 million tonnes from a month earlier, i... . ...Read More

• Essar Ports ventures overseas with Mozambique coal terminal deal

  11 Aug 2017

  Essar Ports Ltd has won a deal to develop a 20-million-tonne (mt) capacity coking coal loading ter... . ...Read More

• Adani hires funding adviser for Australia coal mine

  11 Aug 2017

  India’s Adani Enterprises has appointed corporate finance firm Grant Samuel to advise on fun... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto’s sale of coal mines hits a snag after hedge fund objects

  10 Aug 2017

  The sale of Rio Tinto’s Australian coal mines may have hit a snag after a minority sharehold... . ...Read More

• Mercator in talks to raise $300 million via coal asset sales, infusion

  10 Aug 2017

  Mercator Ltd is looking to raise $300 million, or about Rs 1,910 crore, by selling its coal assets... . ...Read More

• CIL floats first tender to supply coal under SHAKTI scheme

  09 Aug 2017

  State-owned Coal India has floated the first tender operationalising SHAKTI scheme providing coal ... . ...Read More

• NTPC seeks advice to surrender 2 coal mines in Chhattisgarh

  09 Aug 2017

  State-owned NTPC has sought the advise of consultancy arm of Coal India, CMPDIL, to surrender its ... . ...Read More

• Gujarat first state to implement coal utilisation between power units

  09 Aug 2017

  Setting a precedent, the Gujarat government has issued a tender for power developers to receive ch... . ...Read More

• Environment ministry panel eases coal mine expansion rules

  09 Aug 2017

  Expansion projects of coal mines involving increase in production capacity by up to 40% in 2-3 pha... . ...Read More

• China Struggles to Control Coal Prices and Production

  08 Aug 2017

  Last September, a sudden surge in coal prices caught China's government by surprise, forcing i... . ...Read More

• Govt annuls fifth round of coal mines auction on tepid response

  08 Aug 2017

  The government has annulled the fifth round of coal mines auction due to a poor response from bidd... . ...Read More

• NITI Aayog’s Draft Energy Policy Fuels Doubts About India’s Commitment to Renewables

  04 Aug 2017

  The 2017 National Energy Policy (NEP), drafted by the NITI Aayog, takes the baton forward from the... . ...Read More

• China energy regulator raises targets for curbing coal-fired power

  03 Aug 2017

  China's energy regulator on Monday said it was raising its targets for curbing coal-fired powe... . ...Read More

• Coal and power giants merge to boost reform

  03 Aug 2017

  China’s largest coal company plans to merge with a power giant to boost the nation’s t... . ...Read More