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• The Port of Newcastle shipped 13.31% more coal in May 2015 m-o-m

  25 Jun 2015

  The Port of Newcastle, Australia’s major trading ports and the world’s largest coal ex... . ...Read More

• Wollongong Coal seeks to extend Wongawilli mine permit

  25 Jun 2015

  Embattled Illawarra miner Wollongong Coal says it needs more time to extract coal from its Wongawi... . ...Read More

• Thai PTT joins Ratchaburi for coal plants, Myanmar LNG

  25 Jun 2015

  Thailand's largest energy firm PTT Pcl said it signed contracts with Ratchaburi Electricity Ge... . ...Read More

• Capesize: period interest remained strong for a second week-Intermodal

  25 Jun 2015

  Following those depressive last six months, the BDI closed off on last Friday noting a substantial... . ...Read More

• Vattenfall comcompletes Danish fossil-fuel asset sale with 410-MW plant

  25 Jun 2015

  Vattenfall is selling its 410-MW Nordjylland coal-fired power plant in Denmark, completing the sal... . ...Read More

• Germany to decide between coal levy and alternative on July 1

  25 Jun 2015

  German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday he was considering an alternative to a pr... . ...Read More

• US weekly coal carload volumes rise again, but remain historically low: AAR

  25 Jun 2015

  Weekly coal carloads volumes originated on US railroads rose for the third straight week but total... . ...Read More

• Fischer part of effort to keep coal mine open

  25 Jun 2015

  U.S. Senator Deb Fischer joined Senators from Colorado and Wyoming asking the Secretary of the Int... . ...Read More

• California coal divestment bill clears assembly panel

  25 Jun 2015

  A bill to require California's state pension funds Calpers and CalSTRS to sell their investmen... . ...Read More

• U.S. lawmakers promise scrutiny of coal cleanup program

  25 Jun 2015

  Lawmakers will examine whether a program that allows coal companies to forgo mine cleanup insuranc... . ...Read More

• Coal Industry Lobbies White House to Back Off on New Power Plant Rules

  25 Jun 2015

  The coal industry is making a last-ditch appeal to the Obama administration to loosen its strict p... . ...Read More

• All Coal Blocks Would Become Operational Soon: Goyal

  24 Jun 2015

  Union Minister of State for Power and Coal (independent charge) Piyush Goyal said here that all th... . ...Read More

• Coal Secretary to stakeholders: Facilitate formulation of realistic commercial coal mining policy

  24 Jun 2015

  Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said Tuesday that there is a need to formulate a realistic policy... . ...Read More

• Coal quality: Power companies take Coal India, subsidiaries to task

  24 Jun 2015

  State-run coal miner Coal India (CIL) continues to face flak from power developers, both public an... . ...Read More

• Coal India and its subsidiaries will seek for amicable end to legal disputes to become ‘litigation free’ entity

  24 Jun 2015

  State-run miner Coal India Ltd and its eight subsidiaries will seek for an amicable end to some 18... . ...Read More