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• Coal Seen Dropping Below $50 in Rout as Output Fails to Slow

  28 Aug 2015

  Coal may drop below $50 a metric ton this year as a supply glut combines with a slide in emerging ... . ...Read More

• China January-July coal industry profits slump 66%

  28 Aug 2015

  China’s coal mining and washing industry saw its profits slump 66% year on year to 23.06 bil... . ...Read More

• BANPU strenghtens growth plan

  28 Aug 2015

  Banpu Public Company Limited (BANPU) strengthens its growth towards sustainability, and creates ad... . ...Read More

• Coal production in The U.S. for the week ending August 22 rose for the third straight week

  28 Aug 2015

  United States the world’s second largest coal producer has produced approximately totaled an... . ...Read More

• Ohio Coal Plants Want Regulators to Keep Them Alive

  28 Aug 2015

  Until recently, FirstEnergy, a utility in Akron, favored rate deregulation. FirstEnergy, which ser... . ...Read More

• US met coal miner Walter seeks $1.9 billion debt equity swap

  28 Aug 2015

  US coking coal miner Walter Energy, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since July 15, is pursuing a $1.9 bil... . ...Read More

• US Coal Prices Remain Mostly Steady even as Natural Gas Prices Fall

  28 Aug 2015

  Powder River Basin coal Powder River Basin spot coal prices averaged $10.20 per ton for the week... . ...Read More

• Russian miner Evraz coking coal H1 margins aided by premium grades, exports

  28 Aug 2015

  Russian miner Evraz said Thursday a greater share of premium grades in the coking coal product mix... . ...Read More

• Ukraine importing 160,000 mt of anthracite coal from South Africa: power minister

  28 Aug 2015

  Ukraine will import 160,000 metric tons of anthracite coal from South Africa, with the first ship ... . ...Read More

• Increasing reliance on coal in Netherlands this year

  28 Aug 2015

  Over the past five months coal consumption in the Netherlands has been nearly a third higher than ... . ...Read More

• Glencore and Bloomfield acquire Vale’s Integra coal complex

  28 Aug 2015

  Australia's Glencore and the Bloomfield Group have acquired Brazilian Vale’s Integra coa... . ...Read More

• Dry Bulk Ship owner optimistic about future prospects of the market

  28 Aug 2015

  Dry bulk ship owner Golden Ocean appeared optimistic on the long term prospects of the dry bulk ma... . ...Read More

• New tendering process might help Coal India in saving Rs 1,000 crore

  27 Aug 2015

  Coal India hopes to save more than Rs 1,000 crore by implementing a new tendering process for its ... . ...Read More

• Carbon capture and storage is game changer for coal, says Citi

  27 Aug 2015

  ‘Carbon capture and storage’ or CCS is a game-changer for the coal industry, says a re... . ...Read More

• Global coal price on the downslide

  27 Aug 2015

  The sharp decline in the prices of coal to five-year low at $42.55 per tonne in the global market ... . ...Read More