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• Will the Recovery in Crude Oil Prices Affect US Coal?

  07 Sep 2015

  Crude oil prices After falling for eight straight weeks, WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil... . ...Read More

• Electricity Generation in the US Falls Marginally

  07 Sep 2015

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

• Friday deal again pushes up PRB 8,800 coal front-month contract in US OTC market

  07 Sep 2015

  Action picked up Friday in the US over-the-counter thermal coal market with three physical deals f... . ...Read More

• Timespread opportunities to be found amid volatile coal markets

  07 Sep 2015

  The CIF ARA thermal coal market continues to move into backwardation. Any short term oil-led ralli... . ...Read More

• Government push to slash premium coal prices may force Eastern Coalfields, Bharat Coking Coal into losses

  04 Sep 2015

  The government wants Coal IndiaBSE -1.03 % to cut prices of premium grades of coal but company exe... . ...Read More

• Odisha to earn over Rs 45,600 crore from coal block auction: Piyush Goyal

  04 Sep 2015

  Affirming NDA-led Centre's resolve to maintain transparency in coal mine allocation, Coal and ... . ...Read More

• Joy Global profit falls 37 pct as weak coal prices hits demand

  04 Sep 2015

  Mining equipment maker Joy Global Inc , which gets about 60 percent of its revenue from coal miner... . ...Read More

• Carmichael coal mine deeper in doubt as NAB, LG walk away

  04 Sep 2015

  National Australia Bank has become the 14th major financial group – and the second of Austra... . ...Read More

• Galilee Energy upgrades CBM contingent resource estimation in Galilee Basin

  04 Sep 2015

  Galilee Energy Ltd upgrades its coalbed methane (CBM) contingent resource estimation at ATP 529P l... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal imports are collapsing

  04 Sep 2015

  Driven by weakening economic activity and a desire to move away from thermal power production as p... . ...Read More

• Tepco-Chubu venture to expand overseas thermal coal sales

  04 Sep 2015

  A Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Chubu Electric Power Co. joint venture is planning to expand overse... . ...Read More

• Mongolia unlikely to seal $4 bln deal - minister

  04 Sep 2015

  A delayed $4 billion deal aimed at spurring development of Mongolia's enormous Tavan Tolgoi co... . ...Read More

• US Coal Prices Hold Steady during the Week Ending August 28

  04 Sep 2015

  Powder River Basin coal Powder River Basin spot coal prices averaged $10.57 per ton for the week... . ...Read More

• July US coal exports fall 28.8% year on year, post lowest total in last four years

  04 Sep 2015

  US coal exports totaled roughly 4.6 million mt in July, the lowest monthly total going back to at ... . ...Read More

• Closures of small mines lead to higher miner-hours

  04 Sep 2015

  According to a report from the US Energy Information Agency (EIA), overall coal mining productivit... . ...Read More