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• South African coal prices firm up in global markets

  18 Nov 2015

  India Coal Market Watch  November 17: Spot price of standard South African steam coal firme... . ...Read More

• Global Coal Consumption Likely Has Peaked, Report Says

  18 Nov 2015

  Coal still provides about 40 percent of the world's electricity, but it is "increasingly ... . ...Read More

• In Latest Blow to Coal, Rich Nations Agree to End Export Credits

  18 Nov 2015

  Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development struck an historic agreement ... . ...Read More

• Colombian October thermal coal exports at five-month high

  18 Nov 2015

  Colombian thermal coal exports rose to a five-month high of 7.092 million tonnes in October, up 15... . ...Read More

• UK coal plants must close by 2025, Energy Secretary to announce

  18 Nov 2015

  Britain will stop burning coal for electricity within a decade and build a new fleet of gas power ... . ...Read More

• Russia October coal output up 4.4% y-o-y

  18 Nov 2015

  Russia, a major coal-producing country, produced 34.38 million tonnes of coal in October, posting ... . ...Read More

• Inner Mongolia Ordos coal industry profits down 18.6% y-o-y

  18 Nov 2015

  Ordos City in northern China’s Inner Mongolia saw its coal industry realize the profit of 24... . ...Read More

• Shaanxi January-October coal output down 4.2% y-o-y

  18 Nov 2015

  Shaanxi province, the country’s third largest coal mining base, produced 400.06 million tonn... . ...Read More

• Shanxi September coal output down 4.8% m-o-m

  18 Nov 2015

  Shanxi province, a major coal-producing base in north China, produced 79.34 million tonnes of raw ... . ...Read More

• China Shenhua October sales slide 15.7% m-o-m

  18 Nov 2015

  China Shenhua Energy Company, a listed arm of coal giant Shenhua Group, saw its coal sales in Octo... . ...Read More

• Coal demand poised to rise in central and western China

  18 Nov 2015

  China’s central and western regions are expected to become new growth centers for coal consu... . ...Read More

• Coal consumption of China power industry to reach 60% by 2020

  18 Nov 2015

  Coal consumption in China’s power industry is expected to account for 60% of the country&rsq... . ...Read More

• Procedural delays: Coal ministry to assess 33 auctioned & allotted mines

  18 Nov 2015

  The coal ministry has convened a meeting this month to ascertain the fate of the coal blocks which... . ...Read More

• Policy on coal linkages likely in 15 days: Govt

  18 Nov 2015

  To ensure fuel supply to power plants, the proposed policy for coal linkages is likely to be final... . ...Read More

• Coal swap policy in the works

  18 Nov 2015

  The cabinet will take up a new policy under which companies will be allowed to use coal from their... . ...Read More