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• Powder River Basin Coal Prices Rise, Others Remain Steady

  08 Oct 2015

  Powder River Basin coal For the week ended September 25, Powder River Basin (or PRB) spot coal p... . ...Read More

• Price of CSX front-month contract drops to almost nine-year low

  08 Oct 2015

  The depressed Central Appalachian rail (CSX) front-month contract traded three times Tuesday in th... . ...Read More

• China coastal coal freight rates fall for 51 days

  08 Oct 2015

  Freight rates for vessels shipping coal from northern China to the south witnessed a 51st day-on-d... . ...Read More

• China NDRC releases monthly power coal price indices

  08 Oct 2015

  China has released the first monthly national and regional price indices for thermal coal used for... . ...Read More

• Petcoke prices fall further on high supply, falling freight

  08 Oct 2015

  Delivered prices of imported fuel grade petroleum coke fell another $4/mt on the week on persisten... . ...Read More

• NTPC may sell power to Bangladesh from upcoming Assam plant

  08 Oct 2015

  State-run NTPC will consider selling electricity to Bangladesh from its upcoming 750 MW plant at K... . ...Read More

• Coal India: production high but valuations low as stake sale looms

  08 Oct 2015

  This year, so far, has been evidently better for Coal India Ltd (CIL) as far as production and off... . ...Read More

• Coal India finds few takers for coal in special e-auction

  08 Oct 2015

  The coal ministry’s special e-auction scheme for 2015 had few bidders as companies found tha... . ...Read More

• Singareni coal production rises 27% in 6-month period

  08 Oct 2015

  The Singareni Collieries Company Limited(SCCL) has achieved 27.46 per cent growth in coal producti... . ...Read More

• Coal with increased ash content, panel gives go ahead for imports

  08 Oct 2015

  The union environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has recommended doubling t... . ...Read More

• Shipping market insight

  07 Oct 2015

  Sale and Purchase activity during the first three quarters of 2015 and more specifically during th... . ...Read More

• Equus Mining to reveal raising for Chile thermal coal

  07 Oct 2015

  Equus Mining has been granted an ASX trading halt pending details of a capital raising. Equus is... . ...Read More

• Prices unchanged as US OTC thermal coal markets shut out for 18th time this year

  07 Oct 2015

  Prices were unchanged in the US over-the-counter thermal coal market as it was shut out Monday for... . ...Read More

• US coal export for the first seven months down 21% compared to same period in 2014 - EIA

  07 Oct 2015

  Coal Supply Lower U.S.’s domestic coal consumption and reduced exports contribute to a fore... . ...Read More

• Indonesia Coal swaps have continued to decline, falling almost 7% m-o-m

  07 Oct 2015

  Indonesian coal swap for delivery Q4 2015 declined month on month and week over week. The Q4 swa... . ...Read More