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• 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

• Bharat Bandh: Strike hits Coal India; production down to 50%

  03 Sep 2015

  Majority of about 4 lakh coal workers across the country on joined the strike called by trade unio... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry seeks exemption from forest clearances

  03 Sep 2015

  The ministry of coal has sought an exemption from forest clearances in prospecting for coal to hel... . ...Read More

• Coal winner as tiger area of 300 football fields diverted

  03 Sep 2015

  At a time when the BJP government in the state is appointing a consultant to make Tadoba-Andhari T... . ...Read More

• Final Number of Inviolate Coal Blocks Down From 206 to Less Than 35

  03 Sep 2015

  To be finalised soon by the government, the number of inviolate coal blocks where mining will be b... . ...Read More

• New coal research centre to boost Aus-India energy partnership

  03 Sep 2015

  Premier energy research institutions of India and Australia have signed a deal to start a new cent... . ...Read More

• KKR joins the fray for Rio’s coal assets

  03 Sep 2015

  Private equity giant KKR has joined a host of bidders for Rio Tinto’s Hunter Valley thermal ... . ...Read More

• Shanxi coal mines in illegal construction with capacity at 77 Mtpa

  03 Sep 2015

  Coal mines under construction but lack of official approval in coal-rich Shanxi province have a co... . ...Read More

• Shandong to rein in growth in coal consumption

  03 Sep 2015

  Shandong province, a major coal consumer in eastern China, aimed to rein in the growth in coal con... . ...Read More