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• FY16 limestone imports via Gangavaram Port up 54%

  20 Apr 2016

  Imports of limestone via Gangavaram Port were up 54.22% to 1,010,602 tons in fiscal 2015-16 agains... . ...Read More

• FY16 gypsum imports via Gangavaram Port drop 64%

  20 Apr 2016

  Imports of gypsum via Gangavaram Port were down 63.98% to 55,000 tons in fiscal 2015-16 against 15... . ...Read More

• No met coke imported via Gangavaram Port this fiscal

  20 Apr 2016

  There have been no met coke imports via Gangavaram Port in fiscal 2015-16 against 87,462 tons in 2... . ...Read More

• No anthracite imports via Gangavaram Port this fiscal

  20 Apr 2016

  There have been no anthracite coal imports via Gangavaram Port in fiscal 2015-16 against 36,410 to... . ...Read More

• PCI imports via Gangavaram Port spurt 130% in FY16

  20 Apr 2016

  Imports of PCI coal via Gangavaram Port were sharply up 130.39% to 378,580 tons in fiscal 2015-16 ... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Gangavaram down 40% in FY16

  20 Apr 2016

  Imports of pet coke via Gangavaram Port were down 40.29% to 574,124 tons in fiscal 2015-16 against... . ...Read More

• Gangavaram coking coal imports edge up 3% in FY16

  20 Apr 2016

  Imports of coking coal via Gangavaram Port were up 3.34% to 5,350,079 tons in fiscal 2015-16 again... . ...Read More

• Gangavaram steam coal imports down 9% in 2015-16

  20 Apr 2016

  Imports of non-coking coal (steam coal) via Gangavaram Port were down 8.94% to 8,615,677 tons in f... . ...Read More

• 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