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• QHD coal stocks hit 2-mth low at 6.17 mt

  26 Aug 2015

  Coal stocks at Qinhuangdao port, the benchmark for China’s domestic market, hit a nearly two... . ...Read More

• Shanxi passes reform plan on simplifying coal mine project approval

  26 Aug 2015

  The provincial government of coal-rich Shanxi announced that it has passed a reform plan on simpli... . ...Read More

• China lawmakers discuss new pollution bill, coal cap clause expected

  26 Aug 2015

  Chinese legislators are considering a new air pollution law that could give the state new powers t... . ...Read More

• Coal firms report widening losses

  26 Aug 2015

  China's major coal firms reported widening losses for the first half of 2015 compared with a y... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal stands as a leading indicator to equities

  26 Aug 2015

  The economic slowdown in China is real, and the recent fall in thermal coal prices has shown this.... . ...Read More

• South Korea July thermal coal imports down 1% on year to 8.55 mt

  26 Aug 2015

  South Korea imported 8.55 million mt of thermal coal in July, down 1% on the year but 4% higher th... . ...Read More

• Centrenergo to get first batches of Russian coal by September

  26 Aug 2015

  Centrenergo will receive the first batches of A grade coal from the Kuznetsk Basin (Russia) by the... . ...Read More

• Cloud Peak Energy expanding Cordero Rojo mine

  26 Aug 2015

  Cloud Peak Energy reaches an agreement with a landowner near the Cordero Rojo Mine in Wyoming to a... . ...Read More

• NRG to close 380-MW Huntley coal-fired plant, puts Dunkirk conversions on hold

  26 Aug 2015

  NRG Energy said Tuesday it plans to close the 380-MW Huntley coal-fired north of Buffalo, New York... . ...Read More

• Power plants with Fuel Supply Agreements can participate in coal e-auction

  25 Aug 2015

  Power plants that have signed fuel supply agreements (FSA) with Coal India and those with captive ... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal imports soar 24% to 33 MT at 12 major ports

  25 Aug 2015

  Imports of thermal coal jumped 24 per cent at the country's top 12 major ports to 32.54 millio... . ...Read More

• Adani to invest $3.75 billion in coal gasification project

  25 Aug 2015

  Adani Group said on Monday it would invest 250 billion rupees ($3.75 billion) in a coal gasificati... . ...Read More

• Shaanxi Yulin Jan-Jul coal output down 3.1% on y-o-y

  25 Aug 2015

  Yulin city, a major large-scale coal production base in northwestern China’s Shannxi provinc... . ...Read More

• Hebei Jul coal prices slide amid weak demand

  25 Aug 2015

  Coal prices in Hebei province – a major coal production area in north China – slid in ... . ...Read More

• Shenhua’s Value Hidden Behind Mounds of Coal

  25 Aug 2015

  At times like these, being China’s largest coal producer is understandably tough. It is a go... . ...Read More