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• Poland in talks with private investor on coal miner NKW -minister

  11 Sep 2015

  Poland is in talks with a private investor regarding a new company to be forged from nearly bankru... . ...Read More

• UK July thermal coal imports fall 71% on year to 821,375 mt

  11 Sep 2015

  UK imports of thermal coal in July fell 71% on the year to 821,375 mt, as the higher Carbon Price ... . ...Read More

• Ukraine imports 8.3 million tonnes of coal worth $1.1 billion in January-August

  11 Sep 2015

  Ukraine imports coal and anthracite worth $1.121 billion in January-August 2015, including coal wo... . ...Read More

• Ukrainian coal: an industry in crisis

  11 Sep 2015

  To understand the impact of events in Donetsk and Lugansk on the Ukrainian coal industry, two main... . ...Read More

• Eskom secures more coal

  11 Sep 2015

  Eskom is set to get a coal supply boost as Wescoal has inked a short-term supply deal to deliver 2... . ...Read More

• Cabinet clears coal linkages to Barh power project

  10 Sep 2015

  Ahead of assembly elections in Bihar, the Union Government has sanctioned coal linkages to Barh po... . ...Read More

• Vizag Port receives vessel with imported coal

  10 Sep 2015

  Visakhapatnam Port Trust’s promise to ensure faster evacuation of cargo has attracted the im... . ...Read More

• Petroleum coke prices down $2 on muted demand, declining coal values

  10 Sep 2015

  Prices for imported fuel grade petroleum coke delivered to India fell $2/mt this week on a combina... . ...Read More

• Cleaning coal instead of wishing it away

  10 Sep 2015

  The World Bank recently announced that short of exceptional circumstances, they would no longer fu... . ...Read More

• Coal Association Expects Fledgling AIIB to Support Projects

  10 Sep 2015

  The World Coal Association’s chief executive expects the fledgling Asian Infrastructure Inve... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal-European prices near 12-year low, Chinese imports dip further

  10 Sep 2015

  European thermal coal prices remained near a 12-year low on Wednesday, as a weaker growth outlook ... . ...Read More

• China coastal coal freight rates further dip

  10 Sep 2015

  Freight rates for vessels shipping coal from northern China to the south continued to dip amid wea... . ...Read More

• BHP’s met coal sees record production in fiscal 2015

  10 Sep 2015

  Metallurgical coal production from BHP Billiton -- the world’s largest supplier of seaborne ... . ...Read More

• Ukraine imports 8.3 million tonnes of coal worth $1.1 billion in January-August

  10 Sep 2015

  Ukraine imports coal and anthracite (foreign economic activity code 2701) worth $1.121 billion i... . ...Read More

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

  10 Sep 2015

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