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• 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

• BEML to gain from higher Coal India output: IDFC

  14 Sep 2015

  Robust revenue growth in mining segment (~58% of revenues) — Coal India’s target of do... . ...Read More

• Coal mining in Chirmiri

  14 Sep 2015

  Coal mines in Chirmiri area are open cast mines and the first one was opened here in 1928. In 2013... . ...Read More

• Adani Carmichael coal mine project wins support from Mackay, Isaac, Whitsunday councils

  14 Sep 2015

  The mayors of the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday regional councils met the company to show their sup... . ...Read More

• Gupta family scores R4-billion coal supply deal with Eskom

  14 Sep 2015

  Eskom went to “extraordinary lengths” to ensure the Gupta family scored a R4-billion c... . ...Read More

• China January-August coal industry FAI down 14.4%

  14 Sep 2015

  China’s fixed-asset investment (FAI) in coal mining and washing industry stood at 256 billio... . ...Read More

• Liaoning to ban sale of high-sulfur commercial coal

  14 Sep 2015

  Liaoning, a coal-rich province in northeast China, has announced to ban the use of commercial coal... . ...Read More

• Shandong August coal output up 5.9% y-o-y

  14 Sep 2015

  Eastern China’s Shandong province produced a total 14.18 million tonnes of raw coal in Augus... . ...Read More