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• Coal block cry for state PSU

  24 Mar 2016

  Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allot the Baitarani East C... . ...Read More

• Further softness seen in SA, Australian coal prices

  22 Mar 2016

  A further softness was witnessed in South African and Australian coal prices on March 21 along exp... . ...Read More

• Slowdown in steam coal imports is transitory: trader

  22 Mar 2016

  The nearly 10% decline in India’s steam coal imports during the first 11 months of 2015-16 i... . ...Read More

• International coal prices have bottomed out: KISPL

  22 Mar 2016

  International coal prices appear to have bottomed out and from here things should only turn for th... . ...Read More

• NTPC may give imported coal the short shrift in 2016-17

  22 Mar 2016

  Having significantly reduced its procurement of imported coal in 2015-16 due to sufficient availab... . ...Read More

• 2 south India cements cos float imported coal e-tenders

  22 Mar 2016

  Two cement-makers based out of south India have floated separate tenders to procure a total of 80,... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stock at 9 ports down 7.26% w-o-w

  22 Mar 2016

  India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports stood at 8.62 mt on March 18, 2016, down 7.26% co... . ...Read More

• India’s mineral production index up 1.2% y-o-y in Jan

  22 Mar 2016

  India’s mineral production index in January 2016 increased by 1.2% on a year-on-year basis w... . ...Read More

• Kandla Feb coking coal imports edge up 5% m-o-m

  22 Mar 2016

  Coking coal imports through the port of Kandla rose marginally by 4.68% to 332,034 tons in Februar... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port Feb pet coke imports up 8.03% m-o-m

  22 Mar 2016

  Imports of pet coke through Kandla Port increased 8.03% month-on-month to 308,457 tons in February... . ...Read More

• No PCI imports via Kandla Port for last 10 months

  22 Mar 2016

  There were no imports of PCI coal via Kandla Port for 10 consecutive months from May 2015 to Febru... . ...Read More

• Kandla’s Feb met coke imports spurt sharply m-o-m

  22 Mar 2016

  The imports of met coke through Kandla Port stood at 7,000 tons in February 2016, more than double... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Kandla sharply up m-o-m in Feb

  22 Mar 2016

  Imports of gypsum through Kandla Port increased sharply to 36 327 tons in February 2016 against 15... . ...Read More

• Gangavaram Feb coking coal imports dip 19% m-o-m

  22 Mar 2016

  Imports of coking coal via Gangavaram Port stood at 408,618 tons in February 2016, down 19.33% mon... . ...Read More

• Gangavaram Feb steam coal imports down 37% m-o-m

  22 Mar 2016

  Imports of non-coking coal (steam coal) via Gangavaram Port stood at 730,025 tons in February 2016... . ...Read More