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• 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

• The US EIA: Short-term energy outlook on coal

  15 Sep 2015

  The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) has reported a forecast on US coal exports, supply, consump... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal prices steady at US$50 – US$60/t

  15 Sep 2015

  Cuts to thermal coal production around the world have helped to stabilise spot prices between US$5... . ...Read More

• Polish hard coal production down 2.5% and $389 mil net loss in H1 2015

  15 Sep 2015

  Production from Poland's state-owned hard coal mines in the first half of 2015 fell 2.5% year-... . ...Read More

• Kyiv confirms resuming of coal supply from eastern Ukraine

  15 Sep 2015

  Ihor Martynenko, first deputy energy and coal industry minister of Ukraine, has confirmed the resu... . ...Read More

• Zuma says new South African coal plant boosting infrastructure

  15 Sep 2015

  President Jacob Zuma has officially opened South Africa's first new power plant in 20 years, b... . ...Read More

• Kenya coal power plant construction delayed

  15 Sep 2015

  A plan to start building Kenya's first coal-fired power plant in October has been delayed as t... . ...Read More

• Rich world struggles to resolve row over coal subsidies

  15 Sep 2015

  Rich nations are stubbornly divided ahead of talks in Paris on Thursday to seek a deal to phase ou... . ...Read More

• Coal imports rise 2% to 18.6 MT in August

  14 Sep 2015

  Coal imports have increased marginally by two percent to 18.6 million tonnes (MT) in August 2015 c... . ...Read More