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• Coal scam: Court grants Congress MP Vijay Darda, 5 others bail

  21 Aug 2015

  Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and five others, including his son Devendra Darda and former coal secre... . ...Read More

• Australian Prairie sees coal price recovery ahead of Polish mine debut

  21 Aug 2015

  Australian coal company Prairie Mining expects coal prices to rebound by the time it ramps up a ne... . ...Read More

• Newcastle’s coal port price hike under scrutiny

  21 Aug 2015

  Mining conglomerate Glencore Coal is unlikely to win its appeal to undo a 60% price hike in the wo... . ...Read More

• BHP Billiton brings contractors into coal mines to cut costs

  21 Aug 2015

  BHP Billiton coal president Mike Henry says the dire conditions in the metallurgical coal market c... . ...Read More

• Montana officials praise Cherry Point coal port plan

  21 Aug 2015

  Congressional and business leaders from Montana shrugged off the concerns of environmentalists and... . ...Read More

• Prince Rupert coal exports jump in July but still down year on year

  21 Aug 2015

  Coal exports from Canada's Ridley Terminals in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, totaled 575,00... . ...Read More

• Gansu Jan-Jul coal output down 4.06% on y-o-y

  21 Aug 2015

  Northwest China’s Gansu province produced a total 23.65 million tonnes of raw coal over Janu... . ...Read More

• Two coal-fired power plants set for Fukushima

  21 Aug 2015

  Five Japanese firms have joined forces to construct two coal-fired power plants in Fukushima. To... . ...Read More

• Loesche delivers first coal mill to PT Bhumiadya Indonesia

  21 Aug 2015

  Loesche has delivered the first vertical roller-grinding mill to PT Bhumiadya Indonesia’s li... . ...Read More

• Latvian GDP Could Contract by 1.7% Due to Russian Coal Transit Termination

  21 Aug 2015

  Russia’s suspension of coal and iron shipments through the country could lead to Latvia'... . ...Read More

• Panel on coal linkage auction to meet this week

  20 Aug 2015

  The inter-ministerial panel constituted for proposed auction of coal linkages through competitive ... . ...Read More

• Coalgate: Bail granted to ex-Coal Secy HC Gupta, 4 others

  20 Aug 2015

  On Wednesday, a special court granted bail to former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and four others, incl... . ...Read More

• Coal unions to strike on Sept 2 to protest CIL disinvestment

  20 Aug 2015

  Amid reports that the Union Cabinet might soon take up a proposal for a further 10 per cent stake ... . ...Read More

• National Green Tribunal tells CIL to deposit Rs 10cr bank guarantee in green norm

  20 Aug 2015

  State-owned miner Coal India Ltd has been directed to deposit a bank guarantee of Rs 10 crore by t... . ...Read More

• Inner Mongolia key coal enterprises H1 coal output at 283 mt

  20 Aug 2015

  Key coal enterprises at northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region – including ... . ...Read More