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• Bankruptcies Starting To Pile Up In US Coal Industry

  23 Jul 2015

  The coal industry is in uncharted territory. After decades of strong financial numbers and domin... . ...Read More

• A time to consolidate for US Coal Industry?

  23 Jul 2015

  Recent media reports have painted a dismal picture of the US coal industry. For the last several y... . ...Read More

• Poland persuades three blue-chip firms to help rescue coal sector

  23 Jul 2015

  Poland has persuaded at least three major companies to contribute to a bailout of troubled coal mi... . ...Read More

• GVK Coal under debt burden of $885 million

  22 Jul 2015

  GVK Coal Developers, which owns mines in Australia, is burdened with $885 million of debt, accordi... . ...Read More

• Coal Scam: Ex-MoS for Coal, Ex-Coal Secretary Summoned by Court

  22 Jul 2015

  Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and retired public... . ...Read More

• Government to allow CBI to prosecute two senior IAS officers for alleged role in coal scam

  22 Jul 2015

  The government is likely to allow the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute two senio... . ...Read More

• Coal-based energy: Delay in financing slows down Pak power project

  22 Jul 2015

  Work on the Jamshoro power plant, which is based on coal and has a 1,320-megawatt generation capac... . ...Read More

• Deo Nai Coal on track to meet production target

  22 Jul 2015

  Vietnamese coal producer, Deo Nai Coal Co., mined 1.2 million t of coal in 1H15 – 65% of its... . ...Read More

• Construction at Vietnamese power plant begins

  22 Jul 2015

  A couple of Chinese energy firms have begun construction on a 1.2 GW coal-fired power plant in Vie... . ...Read More

• Coal output cuts likely at lower heat value US Powder River Basin mines: BB&T

  22 Jul 2015

  Low natural gas prices and weak demand are expected to cut US Powder River Basin coal demand by 25... . ...Read More

• What Do Falling Crude Oil Prices Mean for US Coal?

  22 Jul 2015

  WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil prices continued to fall during the week ended July 17. WT... . ...Read More

• US Coal Benefits from Rise in Natural Gas Prices

  22 Jul 2015

  After falling the previous week, natural gas prices rose again during the week ended July 17. Fron... . ...Read More

• Dwindling global, domestic demand drops coal volumes for Canadian National

  22 Jul 2015

  Mine closures, weaker global demand for metallurgical coal and a continued decline in domestic dem... . ...Read More

• South32 takes $US1.9b writedown on manganese, coal

  22 Jul 2015

  Newly-listed miner South32 has flagged a $US1.9 billion ($2.6 billion) writedown on manganese in S... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Govt moves SC; seeks Rs 5K cr from 12 cos

  21 Jul 2015

  The government moved the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking payment of Rs 5,000 crore as dues from 1... . ...Read More