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• Coal India plans additional 15 washeries to improve coal quality

  24 Sep 2015

  State-owned miner Coal India on Wednesday said it will further improve the quality of coal and inc... . ...Read More

• No allocation for power units till court case is resolved

  24 Sep 2015

  The central government will not offer any coal blocks to the power sector till the court directive... . ...Read More

• Power project developers reluctant to mine coal from bid-out blocks

  24 Sep 2015

  Power project developers who had bid aggressively to secure coal mines in the auctions conducted b... . ...Read More

• Capesize: spot rates have increased more than 70% during last week

  23 Sep 2015

  Dry Bulk owners, always look at September as the time that the market “signals” what l... . ...Read More

• Alpha Natural Resources to close three CAPP met coal mines

  23 Sep 2015

  Paramont Coal, a subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources, said Monday it will shut three metallurgic... . ...Read More

• Glencore Slumps to Record Low as Mining Losses Pick Up Speed

  23 Sep 2015

  The rout across metals and mining shares accelerated as evidence of China’s slowdown renewed... . ...Read More

• European Coal Prices Slump to a Record Low

  23 Sep 2015

  European coal for 2016 dropped below $50 a metric ton for the first time amid slumping demand from... . ...Read More

• Indonesia: new regulation applies final income tax to mineral and coal sales

  23 Sep 2015

  To increase state revenue from the mining sector, the Government of Indonesia has imposed a new fi... . ...Read More

• 1Q16 FOB Indonesia Coal swap declined 6.49% m-o-m

  23 Sep 2015

  Indonesian coal swap for delivery 4Q 2015 declined month on month and week over week. The 4Q swa... . ...Read More

• China 52 coal firms output exceeding 10 mt in 2014

  23 Sep 2015

  There were 52 coal firms produced over 10 million tonnes of the fossil fuel in 2014, accounting fo... . ...Read More

• Shanxi to team up with US top coal state in carbon emissions cut

  23 Sep 2015

  China’s coal-rich Shanxi will strengthen cooperation with Wyoming State, the largest coal pr... . ...Read More

• China August thermal coal imports down 24.4% on year at 7.2 mt

  23 Sep 2015

  China imported 7.2 million mt of thermal coal in August, down 24.4% on the year but up 1% from Jul... . ...Read More

• Sri Lanka plans coal power plants in south

  23 Sep 2015

  Sri Lanka is to rely heavily on more coal-fired power plants in future with several planned for th... . ...Read More

• NTPC to focus on buyouts of other state-owned thermal power plants

  23 Sep 2015

  National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC ), the country’s biggest power generator, has d... . ...Read More

• Stamp duty stumps operations in re-auctioned coal mines

  23 Sep 2015

  The new formula of stamp duty and registration fee calculation for the coal blocks re-allocated ha... . ...Read More