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• UK September thermal coal imports plunge 69% y-o-y

  13 Nov 2015

  UK imports of thermal coal fell 69% year on year to 807,960 tonnes in September, due to lower impo... . ...Read More

• Poland may stop producing coal until at least 2018

  13 Nov 2015

  Poland is considering stopping coal production at several of its mines until at least 2018 in an e... . ...Read More

• Alpha expects met coal sales down 30pct in 2016

  13 Nov 2015

  US coal miner Alpha Natural Resources expects to sell around 30% less met coal at 11.6 million st ... . ...Read More

• US September thermal coal exports drop 22.9% y-o-y

  13 Nov 2015

  US exports of thermal coal in September fell 22.9% year on year and down 20.2% from August to 1.75... . ...Read More

• Indonesian September coal exports down 31% y-o-y

  13 Nov 2015

  Indonesia saw its coal exports fall 31% year on year to 24 million tonnes in September, the latest... . ...Read More

• Shanxi Coking Coal to add 5 Mpta coal capacity in Liulin

  13 Nov 2015

  Shanxi coking coal Group, the largest coking coal producer in China, is expected to add 5 million ... . ...Read More

• Inner Mongolia coal market may benefit from rail freight cut

  13 Nov 2015

  Thermal coal market of Inner Mongolia may get support from the latest freight cut by the Hohhot ra... . ...Read More

• QHD coal shipment back to normal after bad weather

  13 Nov 2015

  Coal shipment at China’s top transfer port of Qinhuangdao has resumed, after strong winds fo... . ...Read More

• Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to realize zero coal use growth by 2017: NDRC

  13 Nov 2015

  China plans to realize zero or even negative growth in coal consumption in the Beijing-Tianjin-Heb... . ...Read More

• Shandong October coal output up 0.92% y-o-y

  13 Nov 2015

  Eastern China’s Shandong province produced a total 15.29 million tonnes of raw coal in Octob... . ...Read More

• Henan January-October coal output down 9.4% y-o-y

  13 Nov 2015

  Henan, one major coal producing province in central China, produced 103.24 million tonnes of raw c... . ...Read More

• China October coal imports down 31% y-o-y

  13 Nov 2015

  China’s coal imports, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical coal, fell 30.65% on year... . ...Read More

• China to cap coal use at 2.72 bt of standard coal by 2020

  13 Nov 2015

  China’s coal consumption should be controlled below 2.72 billion tonnes of standard coal equ... . ...Read More

• Coal India Invites Global Firms to Set Up Washery in Jharkhand

  13 Nov 2015

  Coal India invites global firms to set up washery in JharkhandiIn a bid to provide quality coal to... . ...Read More

• April-October coal import bill down by over 14%

  13 Nov 2015

  India’s coal import bill came down by over 14% or R8,287 crore during April-October, 2015 fr... . ...Read More