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• J K Cement provides business update

  28 Jan 2016

  Clinker extraction and cement production has been temporarily stopped at Baglakot unit J K Cemen... . ...Read More

• Asian coal plants are causing acid rain in the U.S.

  28 Jan 2016

  Catching a snowflake on your tongue just isn’t as fun when mercury-tainted precipitation ent... . ...Read More

• China Invests $4.6 Billion In Killing Coal, But Is It Enough?

  28 Jan 2016

  It’s a tumultuous time for the Chinese economy. The yuan is sinking slowly and the Chinese g... . ...Read More

• Coal mining giant Alpha Natural Resources goes belly up

  28 Jan 2016

  Back in August 2015, the US coal mining giant Alpha Natural Resources filed for bankruptcy, f... . ...Read More

• Coal India faces third labour strike

  28 Jan 2016

  All major central trade unions, except the Bharatiya Janata Party-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (... . ...Read More

• ‘Mining slowdown to persist longer than expected’

  28 Jan 2016

  The prolonged slowdown in the global mining industry is caused by overestimation of demand and ove... . ...Read More

• Singareni plans to appoint MDO for Naini block

  28 Jan 2016

  Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), which was allotted the Naini coal block in Odisha last ye... . ...Read More

• Sluggish drift in coal markets post-upward trend

  28 Jan 2016

  After a sharp upward movement in South African coal prices during the previous two session, a subd... . ...Read More

• South Africa’s 2015 coal exports up 5.93%

  27 Jan 2016

  The total export of coal through South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in calenda... . ...Read More

• S&P BSE Power edged up on Jan 27

  27 Jan 2016

  S&P BSE Power closed at 1801.05 up 28.58 points (1.61%) from the previous close at 1772.47. To... . ...Read More

• China’s 2015 coal imports from SA down 93.38% y-o-y

  27 Jan 2016

  China’s coal imports from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in calendar... . ...Read More

• Pakistan’s 2015 coal imports from SA up 15.24% y-o-y

  27 Jan 2016

  The total coal import by Pakistan from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in c... . ...Read More

• RBCT’s coal exports to Asia, Africa up 19.97% in 2015

  27 Jan 2016

  The export of coal from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) to African and Asia... . ...Read More

• SA’s 2015 exports to Atlantic nations dip 28.74% y-o-y

  27 Jan 2016

  Imports of coal from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by Atlantic countries,... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto to sell Mount Pleasant coal assets for over $224 mn

  27 Jan 2016

  Rio Tinto has reached a binding agreement for the sale of its Mount Pleasant thermal coal assets t... . ...Read More