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• 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

• Coal production jumps at Stockton mine in 2Q15

  24 Jul 2015

  Coal production at Atlantic Coal’s Stockton anthracite mine in Pennsylvanie, US, jumped 12% ... . ...Read More

• Wyoming coal mine prepares to move huge excavating equipment

  24 Jul 2015

  Cloud Peak Energy is preparing to move a huge piece of excavating equipment 43 miles from one Wyom... . ...Read More

• Teck Resources profit falls; cuts coal output forecast

  24 Jul 2015

  Canadian miner Teck Resources Ltd. reported a 21 per cent fall in quarterly profit and cut its 201... . ...Read More

• Substantial increase in Lublin coal resources

  24 Jul 2015

  Prairie Mining has announced a substantial increase in the indicated coal resources at its Lublin ... . ...Read More

• What’s a good way to use low-grade fuels with coal?

  24 Jul 2015

  The increasing demand for low-grade fuels results from a combination of three factors:  &nb... . ...Read More

• No special treatment for power sector in third round of coal mine auctions

  23 Jul 2015

  The Coal Ministry and power developers seem to be on different tracks as far as their perception o... . ...Read More

• Coal India to speed up coal bed methane exploration

  23 Jul 2015

  The government has asked mining giant Coal India to take up exploration of coal bed methane (CBM) ... . ...Read More

• Adani suspends contractors on biggest Australia coal project: Report

  23 Jul 2015

  Indian mining giant Adani Group has suspended two major contractors on its 16.5 billion dollar coa... . ...Read More