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• Ukraine imports 10.8 mln tonnes of coal worth $1.25 bln in nine months

  16 Oct 2015

  Ukraine in January-September 2015 imported coal and anthracite (foreign activity code 2701) in the... . ...Read More

• Polish Q3 seaborne thermal coal exports up 20% on the year: Weglokoks

  16 Oct 2015

  Seaborne exports of Polish thermal coal in the third quarter rose 19.9% on the year and 17.6% on t... . ...Read More

• As appetite for electricity soars, the world keeps turning to coal

  16 Oct 2015

  Despite growing attention to cleaner energy, two-thirds of the world’s electricity is still ... . ...Read More

• Mississippi coal barge rates to drop further after halving in past year: sources

  16 Oct 2015

  The dramatic drop in US coal exports has seen barge freight rates for shipments down the Mississip... . ...Read More

• U.S. doles out $15 mln to bolster coal state economic transition

  16 Oct 2015

  The Obama administration on Thursday awarded nearly $15 million in grants to projects across 12 co... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production falls across all basins: EIA

  16 Oct 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 17.1 million st in the week that ended Saturday, do... . ...Read More

• Coal dewatering plant ships equipment to Indonesia

  16 Oct 2015

  A project that stirred the South Heart neighborhood for years is quietly emptying its huge white b... . ...Read More

• Japan’s coal imports forecast to withstand nuclear revival

  16 Oct 2015

  Japan's coal imports for power generation are unlikely to decline even if the country's nu... . ...Read More

• Southern Co., Korea Power will study clean coal

  16 Oct 2015

  Southern Co. subsidiary Southern Company Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ko... . ...Read More

• Bangladesh’s coal power miracle on the rocks

  16 Oct 2015

  The government’s promise to deliver on the country’s energy needs is on shaky ground a... . ...Read More

• Ministry to states: No land revaluation of coal blocks

  16 Oct 2015

  Ruling out any fresh land valuation of the recently-auctioned coal blocks, the coal ministry has h... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry asks States to expedite clearances for auctioned mines

  16 Oct 2015

  The Ministry for Coal has clarified to the State governments that for the purpose of transfer and ... . ...Read More

• New facility at Bruce Mansfield power plant to process coal byproduct

  15 Oct 2015

  Workers have been constructing a new facility to process byproducts from FirstEnergy Corp.'s c... . ...Read More

• CSX sees fourth-quarter EPS down slightly due to continued weak coal freight

  15 Oct 2015

  U.S. railroad CSX Corp (CSX.N) said on Wednesday that its earnings per share for the quarter shoul... . ...Read More

• King Coal shows discipline by tightening belt

  15 Oct 2015

  Coal producers from the United States to Indonesia are scaling back output to speed up a recovery ... . ...Read More