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• 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

• Citic Group pulls investment in SouthGobi Resources given coal industry downturn

  24 Jul 2015

  China’s largest conglomerate Citic Group’s merchant banking arm has pulled out of a US... . ...Read More

• Ayala building $1-B coal-fired power plant

  24 Jul 2015

  A unit of the Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp. said on Thursday construction of a $1 billion co... . ...Read More

• BHP to open new coal mine in Borneo amid concern for orangutans

  24 Jul 2015

  If you thought Shenhua and Adani had raised hackles with their plans to develop new coal mines in ... . ...Read More

• U.S produced 17.2 mmst of coal for the week ended July 18; fell 11.5% year on year

  24 Jul 2015

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

• Coal producer B&W Resources plans 2016 ramp up at Yellow Creek mine in Kentucky

  24 Jul 2015

  Central Appalachian thermal coal producer B&W Resources believes it will have sufficient coal ... . ...Read More

• Union Pacific Revenue, Profit Falls as Coal Slump Hits

  24 Jul 2015

  Union Pacific Corp. reported Thursday that revenue fell a worse-than-expected 9.7%, as the railroa... . ...Read More

• Caterpillar mining business breaks even in 2Q15

  24 Jul 2015

  Caterpillar’s Resource Industries Group broke even in 2Q15 – down from a profit of US$... . ...Read More