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• Australian coal industry faces financial squeeze

  12 Aug 2015

  The ongoing decline in thermal coal prices is hitting the financial strength of Australia’s ... . ...Read More

• Inner Mongolia Ordos July coal sales up 2.6% y-o-y

  12 Aug 2015

  Coal-rich Ordos in the northern autonomous region of Inner Mongolia sold 43.82 million tonnes of c... . ...Read More

• Shaanxi Jan-Jul coal output down 7.14% y-o-y

  12 Aug 2015

  Northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, the country’s third largest coal mining base,... . ...Read More

• Regulation curbs power of local authorities in mining sector in Indonesia

  12 Aug 2015

  The Indonesian Government appears to be getting serious about stripping Regents of the authority t... . ...Read More

• Lower-Than-Expected Natural Gas Inventory Is Good for US Coal

  12 Aug 2015

  Natural gas inventory Every Thursday, the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) publishes... . ...Read More

• Patriot, Blackhawk predict jump in 2017 coal sales for mines in bankruptcy deal

  12 Aug 2015

  Patriot Coal and Blackhawk Mining expect to see a jump in coal sales from the 12 mines the two pro... . ...Read More

• Exxaro Completes Total South Africa Coal Deal After Price Cut

  12 Aug 2015

  Exxaro Resources Ltd. said it finalized the purchase of Total SA’s South African coal unit a... . ...Read More

• Dry Bulk Market at healthier level

  12 Aug 2015

  A few weeks before the end of the summer season, the BDI is hovering around 1,200 points, providin... . ...Read More

• Lukewarm response for two coal mines in tranche III e-auction

  11 Aug 2015

  As expected, a lukewarm response was witnessed in the e-auctions for Marki Mangli-1 and Bhaskarpar... . ...Read More

• Upper bid for coal mines not to go over Rs.1,000 per tonne

  11 Aug 2015

  The latest round of coal block auctions on Tuesday may see a drastic fall in bid rates compared wi... . ...Read More

• Phase three of coal mines auction with JSPL, Hindalco, Vedanta to begin tomorrow

  11 Aug 2015

  Third leg of coal mines auction will kick-off tomorrow with firms like JSPL, Hindalco, Vedanta and... . ...Read More

• Coal India, GAIL, two other PSUs to form joint venture for reviving Talcher urea plant

  11 Aug 2015

  State-owned Coal India, gas utility GAILBSE -0.62 % and fertiliser majors RCF and FCIL will form a... . ...Read More

• Apply for coal mine for power plant in Telangana: Govt to NTPC

  11 Aug 2015

  The government has asked state-run NTPC to apply for coal block for its proposed 4,000 MW thermal ... . ...Read More

• Captive Power Producers oppose Coal ministry move to scrap fuel linkages

  11 Aug 2015

  Captive power producers (CPPs) have opposed the proposal of Coal ministry to do away with coal lin... . ...Read More

• Just as global banks desert coal, can India ramp up the sector without foreign investment?

  11 Aug 2015

  It is not unusual for observers and leaders of an industry to feel nervous in India when their sec... . ...Read More