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• 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

• Shenhua may resume coal exports to Japan

  14 Sep 2015

  China’s coal giant Shenhua Group hoped to expand coal exports and gradually resume exports t... . ...Read More

• China August coal output down 2.6% at 309 mt

  14 Sep 2015

  China produced 309 million tonnes of coal in August, down 2.6 percent from last year, with demand ... . ...Read More

• Adaro to lower coal output next year

  14 Sep 2015

  Jakarta-listed coal miner PT Adaro Energy will likely cut down production at its mining site next ... . ...Read More

• Freight rates are expected to be soft this week

  14 Sep 2015

  The BDI decreased further by 6.51 per cent or 57 points since last Friday and closed at 818 on 11 ... . ...Read More

• Shipping markets show mixed emotions

  14 Sep 2015

  The dry bulk market has managed to show marginal improvements over the past few days, with the Cap... . ...Read More

• Coal India banks on 25 key projects to double production by 2020

  11 Sep 2015

  Coal India's plan to double production to almost 1 billion tonnes by 2020 hinges precariously ... . ...Read More

• U.S. Cuts Coal Production Forecast to Lowest in Almost 3 Decades

  11 Sep 2015

  The U.S. Energy Information Administration lowered its forecast for coal production for a seventh ... . ...Read More

• August Hampton Roads coal exports surge higher but still down year on year

  11 Sep 2015

  Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled just under 2 million st... . ...Read More

• New strategy needed for coal, nuclear power

  11 Sep 2015

  Regardless of U.S. preferences on energy policy, the rest of the world will continue to use coal a... . ...Read More

• Indonesian Coal Benchmark Price hits a new low of $58.21 per ton

  11 Sep 2015

  The Director General of Mineral and Coal of Indonesia once a again revised down Indonesian coal be... . ...Read More

• Mongolia’s Mega Coal Mine Deal Likely to Stall, Again

  11 Sep 2015

  The Tavan Tolgoi coal mine in southern Mongolia is one of the world’s largest undeveloped co... . ...Read More

• Quang Ninh coal mines open after damaging rains in July

  11 Sep 2015

  Most of the Viet Nam Coal and Mineral Industries Group's (Vinacomin) 85,000 coal miners in coa... . ...Read More

• Coal vs horses as Hunter battle resumes

  11 Sep 2015

  Mining giant Anglo American is demanding that independent assessors approve an expansion of a Hunt... . ...Read More