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• 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

• Non-regulated power players oppose e-auction of coal linkages

  23 Sep 2015

  Players from the non-regulated sectors including cement, iron and steel, sponge iron, aluminium an... . ...Read More

• Non-coal mines: Centre to handhold states to execute auction process

  23 Sep 2015

  The mines ministry will meet top mining officials of twelve states on Thursday to assess their f... . ...Read More

• NTPC aims to start Pakri-Barwadih coal mine this year

  22 Sep 2015

  State-owned power producer NTPC today said it is targeting to begin production from Pakri-Barwadih... . ...Read More

• Meghalaya on the job to overturn coal mining ban: CM

  22 Sep 2015

  The State Government has adopted a multi-pronged approach to vacate the ban on coal mining in Megh... . ...Read More

• Weekly stocks at key Indian ports drop 4% to 12.42 mil mt: Interocean

  22 Sep 2015

  Coal stocks at 16 major Indian ports totaled 12.42 million mt as of September 18, down 4% week on ... . ...Read More

• Coal industry seeks equal support for cleaner coal vs renewables

  22 Sep 2015

  The World Coal Association (WCA) plans to press governments to provide equal backing for technolog... . ...Read More

• Fading Coal Industry in China May Offer Chance to Aid Climate

  22 Sep 2015

  Across China’s grimy coal heartland, mines have fallen silent, reduced production or shut do... . ...Read More

• Inner Mongolia Xilingol January-August coal output down 23.3% on y-o-y

  22 Sep 2015

  Xilingol League in northern China’s Inner Mongolia produced a total 59.14 million tonnes of ... . ...Read More