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• US Crude Oil Prices Rise after Falling for Two Consecutive Weeks

  05 Nov 2015

  Crude oil prices Crude oil prices rose after falling for two consecutive weeks during the week e... . ...Read More

• Capacity Factors Confirmed Continued Shift from Coal to Natural Gas

  05 Nov 2015

  The latest EIA report On October 27, the EIA (US Energy Information Administration) published it... . ...Read More

• US Coal Lost to Natural Gas for Second Consecutive Month

  05 Nov 2015

  Electricity output The monthly electricity output data published by the EIA (U.S. Energy Informa... . ...Read More

• US Coal under Pressure as Natural Gas Prices Remain Subdued

  05 Nov 2015

  Natural gas prices Henry Hub benchmark natural gas prices fell below $2 per MMBtu (British therm... . ...Read More

• Will Natural Gas Inventory Help US Coal Producers?

  05 Nov 2015

  Natural gas inventory Every Thursday, the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) publishes... . ...Read More

• Port of Newcastle shipped 10.5% less coal in September, compared to August loading

  05 Nov 2015

  The Port of Newcastle, Australia’s major trading ports and the world’s largest coal ex... . ...Read More

• Glencore January-September coal production drops 8% y-o-y to 102.7 mt

  05 Nov 2015

  Diverse miner Glencore produced 102.7 million mt of coal during the January-September period, slip... . ...Read More

• Private metal firms see red over coal block allotment to PSUs

  05 Nov 2015

  The discretionary allocation of coal mines to public sector metal companies such as Nalco and SAIL... . ...Read More

• Green drive: Coal India to insist onuse of heavy-duty equipment

  05 Nov 2015

  In an effort to popularise use of heavy duty opencast machineries, Coal India (CIL) has decided to... . ...Read More

• India in talks to set up JV in South Africa for coal blocks

  05 Nov 2015

  India is in talks to set up a joint venture (JV) for mining and owning coal blocks in South Africa... . ...Read More

• Coal production in the USA increased week ended October 24- EIA

  04 Nov 2015

  United States the world’s second largest coal producer has produced approximately totaled an... . ...Read More

• South African september thermal coal exports fall 15.1% on year to 5.93 mt

  04 Nov 2015

  South Africa exported 5.93 million mt of thermal coal in September, slipping 15.1% year on year du... . ...Read More

• China coal miner defaults on 190mln bond payment

  04 Nov 2015

   Hidili Industry International Development Ltd. reported on October 30 that it could not pay ... . ...Read More

• China Burns Much More Coal Than Reported, Complicating Climate Talks

  04 Nov 2015

  China, the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases from coal, has been burning up to 17 ... . ...Read More

• Wollongong Coal to go through new approval process for its Russell Vale mine

  04 Nov 2015

  The Planning Assessment Commission is to conduct another review of Wollongong Coal's applicati... . ...Read More