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• China coal chemical industry faces oversupply risk

  16 Sep 2015

  China’s coal chemical industry faced oversupply risk with an influx of investment into this ... . ...Read More

• China coal consumption share to drop below 60% by 2020

  16 Sep 2015

  China planned to cut coal consumption share from the present 66% to 60% or less in total energy co... . ...Read More

• Yancoal wins approval to expand Moolarben coal mine

  16 Sep 2015

  Yancoal, owned by China’s state-owned Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd., has received final appr... . ...Read More

• Shanxi gives sanction to capacity of 16 coal mines, adding 8.2 Mtpa

  16 Sep 2015

  North China’s coal-rich Shanxi has given sanction to 16 coal mines, with production capacity... . ...Read More

• Henan January-August coal output down 11.6% on y-o-y

  16 Sep 2015

  Henan province, one major coal producer in central China, produced 82.52 million tonnes of raw coa... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal data cast doubt on historic stalling of world CO2

  16 Sep 2015

  When the International Energy Agency reported in March that global carbon emissions had stayed fla... . ...Read More

• Global coal benchmarks fall below 2009 crisis levels

  16 Sep 2015

  Three leading global thermal coal price benchmarks have fallen below levels last seen during the g... . ...Read More

• Mongolia’s Tavan Tolgoi coal mine deal likely to stall, again

  16 Sep 2015

  Southern Mongolia’s Tavan Tolgoi coal mine, one of the world’s largest undeveloped coa... . ...Read More

• Sharp pick-up in coal ship arrivals at Australian Newcastle port amid active buying

  16 Sep 2015

  Eastern Australia's Newcastle port is expected load coal onto 31 ships steaming towards the po... . ...Read More

• Colombian August thermal coal exports fall 9% on year to 6.4 mt

  16 Sep 2015

  Colombian thermal coal exports for August decreased 8.6% year on year to 6.416 million mt followin... . ...Read More

• Return of coal importers puts wind in Haldia sails

  15 Sep 2015

  This year has been exceptionally good for Haldia port. During the first five months of the fisca... . ...Read More

• Boosting production: K-Electric signs deal for Pak coal-fired power plant

  15 Sep 2015

  K-Electric Limited (KEL) has entered into a binding tripartite deal, ‘Joint Development Agre... . ...Read More

• Coal bed methane to remain viable in long term

  15 Sep 2015

  Prospects for the country's natural gas market remain strong in long term, despite the economi... . ...Read More

• Coal Production in Indonesia Down 15.4% to 263 Million Tons in January-August

  15 Sep 2015

  Coal production in Indonesia fell 15.4 percent to 263 million tons in the first eight months of 20... . ...Read More

• Philippine miner Semirara may soon resume coal exports

  15 Sep 2015

  The Department of Energy (DOE) ordered Consunji-owned Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) to im... . ...Read More