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• Indonesia delays plan to raise coal royalties amid plunging price

  28 Jul 2015

  The government will postpone a plan to increase royalty payments from coal miners as they are alre... . ...Read More

• Vietnamese coal companies announce positive results

  28 Jul 2015

  Vinacomin subsidiaries have released some positive results for 2Q15, reports the Vietnamese state-... . ...Read More

• Indian power plant thermal coal stocks triple on-year to 30.23 mil mt: CEA

  27 Jul 2015

  Combined stocks of thermal coal at 100 Indian power plants were 30.23 million mt Wednesday, three ... . ...Read More

• Indo-Indian Ocean Coal Freight rates remain steady

  27 Jul 2015

  The freight market continued lost steam towards end of the week and all indices were showing downw... . ...Read More

• CFR South China Coal swap weak m/m; firm w/w

  27 Jul 2015

  API 8 CFR South China Coal swap for Q3’ 2015 delivery declined US$ 0.92 (1.77%) per MT month... . ...Read More

• CCCC win contract for coal transportation hub

  27 Jul 2015

  CCCC Second Harbour Consultants has been awarded a contract for phase one of a coal storage and tr... . ...Read More

• Three Chinese firms bid to build 350 MW Bosnia coal power plant

  27 Jul 2015

  Three Chinese companies have bid to finance and build a 350 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant i... . ...Read More

• China group to build Zimbabwe coal power plant

  27 Jul 2015

  Zimbabwe's PER Lusulu Power has signed an agreement with China State Construction Engineering ... . ...Read More

• KOMIPO invites bids for total 545,000 mt of coal for Boryeong Power Plant

  27 Jul 2015

  South Korean state-owned utility Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO) issued an new tender to purchase tot... . ...Read More

• No trades reported for 11th time this year in US OTC coal market

  27 Jul 2015

  The August contract in the US over-the-counter thermal coal market ended with a whimper Friday, as... . ...Read More

• Company Shares of Arch Coal, Inc. Drops by -25.47%

  27 Jul 2015

  Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) has lost 25.47% during the past week and dropped 50.87% in the last 4 w... . ...Read More

• CSX expects further decline in coal business

  27 Jul 2015

  The market for hauling coal continued its decline for CSX Corp. in the second quarter, and the com... . ...Read More

• Vale coal production drops 8.9% y/y in 2Q15

  27 Jul 2015

  Vale produced 2 million t of coal in 2Q15, according to the mining company’s latest producti... . ...Read More

• Coal imports could slide 3 percent in 2015/16

  24 Jul 2015

  India could import 3 percent less coal in the year to next April despite a jump in demand, the coa... . ...Read More

• 7 Coal Blocks Auctioned Recently Have Begun Operations: Piyush Goyal

  24 Jul 2015

  Seven out of 67 coal mines auctioned and alloted recently have begun operations while the remainin... . ...Read More