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• The rates for capes shot up last week: giving this recent rally some much needed legs

  07 Aug 2015

  The Dry Bulk market noted another positive closing last week, entirely supported by Capesize perfo... . ...Read More

• Centre may cut down number of coal blocks linked to UMPPs in Odisha, Jharkhand

  06 Aug 2015

  The government is likely to trim the coal blocks attached to the proposed ultra mega power project... . ...Read More

• HC notice to finance ministry in coal import scam

  06 Aug 2015

  A division bench of justices Bhushan Gavai and Indira Jain at the high court here has asked the un... . ...Read More

• Delhi court for further probe in coal allocation case

  06 Aug 2015

  A special court here on Wednesday directed the CBI to further investigate a coal block allocation ... . ...Read More

• Indian petroleum coke buyers hug sidelines on higher landed costs

  06 Aug 2015

  High landed costs for imported fuel grade petroleum coke kept Indian buyers on the sidelines as fr... . ...Read More

• US Coal Prices Drop Marginally Despite Favorable Indicators

  06 Aug 2015

  Powder River Basin coal PRB (Powder River Basin) spot coal prices averaged $10.35 per ton for th... . ...Read More

• US Electricity Generation Rose Again in the Week Ended July 24

  06 Aug 2015

  Electricity generation The EEI (Edison Electric Institute) publishes electricity generation data... . ...Read More

• Surviving US Coal Producers May Benefit from Falling Crude Oil Prices

  06 Aug 2015

  Crude oil prices WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil prices continued to fall during the wee... . ...Read More

• US Gulf Coast high sulfur petcoke faces downward pressures

  06 Aug 2015

  US Gulf Coast high sulfur petcoke prices continue to face numerous downward pressures, but increas... . ...Read More

• Hampton Roads July coal exports lowest since 2010

  06 Aug 2015

  Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled 1.7 million st in July,... . ...Read More

• Guizhou H1 coal output down 2.2% on y-o-y

  06 Aug 2015

  Southwest China’s Guizhou province produced 81.32 million tonnes of raw coal in the first ha... . ...Read More

• Shandong July coal output up 14.4% on y-o-y

  06 Aug 2015

  Eastern China’s Shandong province produced a total 15.29 million tonnes of raw coal in July,... . ...Read More

• Shipping market insight

  06 Aug 2015

  On July 14th, 2015 a historical consensus was reached in Vienna between Iran and the five permanen... . ...Read More

• Hard Coal and Coke imports to Germany reache new all-time high of 56.2 m tones in 2014

  06 Aug 2015

  Demand for German and imported hard coal In 2014, in 2014 fell by almost 8%, or 4.8m TCE, to 56.2m... . ...Read More

• Seaborne World Trade in steam coal grows by 3% y-o-y - German Coal Importer Association

  06 Aug 2015

  Global trade with hard coal, at 1,272m tones in 2014, increased by 35m tonnes or 3% in comparison ... . ...Read More