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• US Department of the Interior approves Colowyo mine plan

  08 Sep 2015

  Following the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) counsel notifying... . ...Read More

• Westmoreland extends Heskett coal supply agreement

  08 Sep 2015

  Through its Dakota Westmoreland Corp. subsidiary, Westmoreland Coal Co. has entered into an extens... . ...Read More

• Poland proposes plan to provide cash for coal miner Kompania Weglowa

  08 Sep 2015

  Poland plans to transfer part of its stakes in gas group PGNiG, utility PGE and insurer PZU into a... . ...Read More

• FOB Richards Bay Coal swaps continue to show declining trend

  08 Sep 2015

  API4 FOB Richards Bay Coal swap for delivery 4Q' 2015 declined week over week and month over m... . ...Read More

• Govt tells coal power plants to subsidize 15GW of solar power

  07 Sep 2015

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has ordered some of India’s oldest coal-fire... . ...Read More

• Coal output on a high but demand dries up

  07 Sep 2015

  Just three years after India's power sector faced a fuel crisis, the domestic coal availabilit... . ...Read More

• Mumbai Port Trust to stop handling coal, victory for anti-pollution drive

  07 Sep 2015

  In a victory for the city, the Mumbai Port Trust has decided to put an end to its coal handling op... . ...Read More

• MCL Oustees Stall Coal Production

  07 Sep 2015

  Coal production and dispatch from Hingula and Balaram coal mines here has been stopped by MCL oust... . ...Read More

• China coal prices downside space limited: China Coal chairman

  07 Sep 2015

  China’s coal prices may have limited downward space in days to come, Wang An, chairman of Ch... . ...Read More

• Daqin Aug coal transport down 11.9% y-o-y

  07 Sep 2015

  Daqin line, China’s major coal-dedicated rail line, transported a total 33.63 million tonnes... . ...Read More

• China August coal imports from PWCS terminals surge 35% on m-o-m

  07 Sep 2015

  China's imports of thermal and coking coal from the Port Waratah coal terminals at Newcastle p... . ...Read More

• Shanxi looks to cut rail coal transport cost

  07 Sep 2015

  Shanxi province, a leading coal production area in northern China, will coordinate with relevant a... . ...Read More

• US Coal Shipments Rose Again during the Week Ending August 28

  07 Sep 2015

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

• Natural Gas Inventory Figure Puts Pressure on US Coal

  07 Sep 2015

  Every Thursday, the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) publishes a natural gas inventory... . ...Read More

• What Do Last Week’s Volatile Natural Gas Prices Mean for US Coal?

  07 Sep 2015

  Natural gas prices remained volatile during the week ending August 28. On Monday, August 24, they ... . ...Read More