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• Coal prices to stay weak, says Whitehaven

  15 Oct 2015

  Whitehaven Coal expects prices to remain weak for some time, but sees production cuts in the US an... . ...Read More

• South African Coal Miners End Strike

  15 Oct 2015

  South African coal mineworkers today ended a 10-day strike after reaching a pay agreement with emp... . ...Read More

• GN Power raising $1 B for Bataan coal power plant

  15 Oct 2015

  GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant Ltd Co. plans to raise as much as $1 billion by year-end to start co... . ...Read More

• No comeback in sight for coal as slowing China goes green

  15 Oct 2015

  A few years ago, Chinese coal demand wasn't expected to "peak" until halfway through... . ...Read More

• ICICI Sec, SBI, RCAP to manage PF of coal workers

  15 Oct 2015

  State Bank of India, ICICI Securities and Reliance Capital Asset Management have been selected to ... . ...Read More

• Govt OKs performance-linked pay for Coal India executives

  15 Oct 2015

  The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the payment of performance related pay (PRP) for Coal India exec... . ...Read More

• TN coal bed methane project: Great Eastern says will take steps to protect interest

  15 Oct 2015

  Great Eastern Energy Corporation (GEECL) has said it will “take all steps under law” t... . ...Read More

• Paradeep Port handles highest coal traffic

  15 Oct 2015

  Paradeep Port Trust (PPT) has handled the highest coal traffic among all major ports in the April-... . ...Read More

• Govt to seek Cabinet nod on coal linkage policy soon: Srcs

  15 Oct 2015

  On the long standing issue of coal linkages, the government is finally going to seek Cabinet nod o... . ...Read More

• Assocham urges govt to resolve operational issues of auctioned coal mines

  15 Oct 2015

  Stating that production from auctioned coal blocks have not started even after six months of mines... . ...Read More

• WPI inflation marginally up at (-)4.54% in September

  14 Oct 2015

  India Steel Market Watch   October 14: WPI inflation rate edged up marginally to (-)4.54%... . ...Read More

• South African union signs wage deal to end coal strike

  14 Oct 2015

  South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a wage deal with coal producers on T... . ...Read More

• GN Power raising $1 B for Bataan coal power plant

  14 Oct 2015

  GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant Ltd Co. plans to raise as much as $1 billion by year-end to start co... . ...Read More

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

  14 Oct 2015

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

• Procedural delays hold up production at coal blocks

  14 Oct 2015

  Procedural delays are holding up coal production from blocks, including the operational ones, even... . ...Read More