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• Krishnapatnam Port to install coal conveyor system

  18 Sep 2015

  Krishnapatnam Port, 180 km north of Chennai, is investing Rs.780 crore for installing a direct coa... . ...Read More

• Petroleum coke: CFR India prices down over $1 on weak demand

  18 Sep 2015

  The price of imported fuel grade petroleum coke delivered into India fell over $1 on the week with... . ...Read More

• Shaanxi January-August coal output down 6.3% y-o-y

  18 Sep 2015

  Northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, the country’s third largest coal mining base, p... . ...Read More

• Shanxi coking coal miners cut prices amid flat demand

  18 Sep 2015

  Shanxi’s coking coal miners have started to cut prices in a bid to incentivize demand from c... . ...Read More

• China August coal transport down 16.5% y-o-y

  18 Sep 2015

  China’s rail coal transport fell 16.5% on year and down 1.6% on month to 162.4 million tonne... . ...Read More

• China coastal coal freight rates continue to drop

  18 Sep 2015

  Freight rates for vessels shipping coal from northern China to the south continued to drop amid we... . ...Read More

• Vietnam’s August coal imports surge 80% y-o-y

  18 Sep 2015

  Vietnam imported 564,329 mt of coal in August, surging 80.2% year on year and up 15.2% from July, ... . ...Read More

• Asia Dry Bulk -Capesize rates to climb as owners, charterers play cat and mouse

  18 Sep 2015

  Freight rates for capesize bulk carriers could continue to recover as ship owners scent the possib... . ...Read More

• Shipping and the Fed Rate decision: Financing costs could rise even higher

  18 Sep 2015

  Regardless of the FED’s decision to raise rates, shipping stands to be influenced by the dec... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production declines below 18 million st: EIA

  18 Sep 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 17.4 million st in the week ended September 12, dow... . ...Read More

• US Coal Shipments Fall Marginally after Rising for 4 Straight Weeks

  18 Sep 2015

  Coal shipments According to EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) estimates, US coal ship... . ...Read More

• Powder River Basin Coal Prices Rise to Multiweek High

  18 Sep 2015

  Powder River Basin coal For the week ended September 11, Powder River Basin spot coal prices ave... . ...Read More

• Crude Oil Prices Drop—How Does This Impact US Coal?

  18 Sep 2015

  Crude oil prices After rising for two straight weeks, crude oil prices dropped during the week e... . ...Read More

• How Did Last Week’s Natural Gas Prices Impact US Coal?

  18 Sep 2015

  Natural gas prices The week ended September 11 started with the Labor Day holiday, making it a s... . ...Read More

• US Electricity Generation Rises in Week Ended September 4

  18 Sep 2015

  Electricity generation The Edison Electric Institute (or EEI) publishes electricity generation d... . ...Read More