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• Project IIIT now eyes coal purse

  14 Oct 2015

  Jharkhand needs some fresh fuel of financial support to kick-start its ambitious IIIT project in R... . ...Read More

• Indian power plant coal stocks fall to new over 6-month low: CEA

  14 Oct 2015

  Combined stocks of thermal coal at 100 Indian power plants were at 25.52 million mt Tuesday, more ... . ...Read More

• Tamil Nadu Accepts Report, Nixes Coal-bed Methane Project

  14 Oct 2015

  In a significant development that would bring cheer to farmers in the delta region, the State gove... . ...Read More

• Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal to inaugurate 2 Western Coalfields Ltd coal mines by month-end

  14 Oct 2015

  Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal will inaugurate by month-end two mines of Western Coalfields ... . ...Read More

• 57 coal-based power units identified for upgrade

  14 Oct 2015

  The Central Electricity Authority has identified 57 coal-based power units — belonging to bo... . ...Read More

• Capesize: viability of anticipated spike in rates put under scanner

  09 Oct 2015

  Cape Depressives start of the fourth quarter, with c3 approaching USD 12 pmt and c5 presently in ... . ...Read More

• Aspire’s strategy in a weak metallurgical coal market

  09 Oct 2015

  Aspire Mining Ltd has positioned itself as a Mongolian focused metallurgical coal explorer buildin... . ...Read More

• South African Coal strike may end soon

  09 Oct 2015

  South Africa's coal miners may end a strike after the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said... . ...Read More

• Westmoreland Coal keeping its mine equipment connected

  09 Oct 2015

  Zebra Technologies Corp. and KNS Communications Consultants reveal the Zebra wireless local area n... . ...Read More

• Patriot Coal gets court approval for reorganization plan

  09 Oct 2015

  A U.S. bankruptcy court approved Patriot Coal's restructuring plan at a hearing on Thursday, i... . ...Read More

• US railroad coal delays of two to five days drop in West, rise in East: STB

  09 Oct 2015

  Coal shipment delays of two to five days dropped in the West but increased in the East, reports fi... . ...Read More

• Longwall Chain Australia expanding to Queensland

  09 Oct 2015

  Longwall Chain Australia is expanding its business by opening a facility in Emerald Queensland, Au... . ...Read More

• Australia thermal coal price at 8-year low

  09 Oct 2015

  The price of high grade Australian thermal coal — the main benchmark for the Asian market &m... . ...Read More

• India Plans to double coal output by 2020

  09 Oct 2015

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has set an ambitious target for state-owned producer... . ...Read More

• Coal India, union agree on bonus

  09 Oct 2015

  Government-owned Coal India has granted a bonus of Rs 48,500 each to its 332,000 non-executive wor... . ...Read More