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• Imported coal to be preferred due to 5% variable cost

  20 Apr 2016

  Indian coastal power plants may prefer using imported coal “for now” despite higher av... . ...Read More

• Indian buyers switching to SA coal over Indonesian

  20 Apr 2016

  As South African coal prices have come down sharply over the last six months, a number of Indian b... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal prices may rise $3-4/ton in 2016: trader

  20 Apr 2016

  Although the recent spurt in South African coal prices is seen as a rather temporary phenomenon, a... . ...Read More

• Zimbabwe: ZPC to increase coal supply at its Hwange thermal power station

  20 Apr 2016

  In southern Africa, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is engaging with its coal suppliers to increa... . ...Read More

• China: Tangshan Jidong Cement begins work on 7200tpd plant

  20 Apr 2016

  Tangshan Jidong Cement, a state enterprise with domestically listed shares, has begun work on a la... . ...Read More

• BHP Billiton weighs getting out of Indonesian coal

  20 Apr 2016

  BHP Billiton is considering giving up its coal stakes in Indonesia, where it recently started prod... . ...Read More

• ‘Developed countries must tax coal for climate fund’

  20 Apr 2016

  Ahead of signing the Paris climate agreement in New York later this week, Union Environment Minist... . ...Read More

• Drax says it can phase out coal in 3 years

  20 Apr 2016

  The head of the UK’s largest power station has thrown down the gauntlet to government minist... . ...Read More

• Tata Steel’s Greybull deal to be credit positive: Ind-Ra

  19 Apr 2016

  The planned sale of Tata Steel Limited’s Long Products Europe business to Greybull Capital L... . ...Read More

• India’s steel imports rise m-o-m, y-o-y

  19 Apr 2016

  India’s steel imports rose 9.3% in March 2016 to 997,000 tons from 912,000 tons in February ... . ...Read More

• No met coke exports via Vizag for 2 consecutive months

  19 Apr 2016

  There were no met coke exports in March 2016 as in February 2016, though in January, the second mo... . ...Read More

• No pet coke exports through Vizag Port in March

  19 Apr 2016

  There were no pet coke exports through the port of Vizag in March 2016 although a volume of 20,000... . ...Read More

• Vizag Port’s limestone imports edge up 3% in 2015-16

  19 Apr 2016

  Imports of limestone through the port of Vizag spurted by 286% month-on-month to 13,772 tons in Ma... . ...Read More

• VO Chidambaranar FY16 anthracite imports 220 tons

  19 Apr 2016

  Total imports of anthracite coal via VO Chidambaranar Port (Tuticorin Port) during 2015-16 (April-... . ...Read More

• No coking coal imports via V O Chidambaranar in FY16

  19 Apr 2016

  There have been no imports of coking coal via V O Chidambaranar Port (Tuticorin Port) in the entir... . ...Read More