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• Duke to Build Energy-Storage System at Shuttered Ohio Coal Plant

  27 May 2015

  Duke Energy Corp., the largest U.S. utility owner by market value, agreed to build a battery-based... . ...Read More

• Market conditions keeping Alliance from bringing 5 million st of coal online: CEO

  27 May 2015

  Poor market conditions are preventing Alliance Resource Partners from bringing online nearly 5 mil... . ...Read More

• Arch Coal shares tumble following report of restructuring talks

  27 May 2015

  Arch Coal shares tumbled 12 percent Tuesday after reports that the Creve Coeur-based miner was mee... . ...Read More

• South Carolina State Ports Authority to share in cost of Charleston coal tipple cleanup

  27 May 2015

  The State Ports Authority will spend up to $400,000 on environmental cleanup costs at a former coa... . ...Read More

• EIA on Clean Power Plan: Coal Down, Renewables Up, Bills Stable

  27 May 2015

  A quarter of the nation’s electricity would still come from coal in 2030, so it’s hard... . ...Read More

• Carbon tax was misjudged and made coal uneconomic

  27 May 2015

  The shock announcement of the early closure of one of Britain's biggest power stations, at Fer... . ...Read More

• Happy with the way mines were auctioned, says Coal Secretary Anil Swarup

  26 May 2015

  The coal ministry is pleased with the way the auction of mines has been conducted, but is trying t... . ...Read More

• Will import up to 10 MT coal in FY16: MMTC CMD

  26 May 2015

  MMTC delivered a poor set of earnings in Q4, hit by EBITDA loss. The state-run company reported 16... . ...Read More

• Japan ready to finance India’s coal-fuelled projects

  26 May 2015

  At a time when multilateral funders such as the World Bank have stopped supporting coal-fuelled po... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at key Indian ports stable on week at 16.62 mil mt: Interocean

  26 May 2015

  Coal stocks at 16 major Indian ports totaled 16.62 million mt as of May 22, up 0.2% week on week, ... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal firms raise prices as summer peak approaches

  26 May 2015

  Chinese coal firms are increasing prices for the first time this year as the summer consumption pe... . ...Read More

• Mining Association perhapi pushes for 35,000 MW programme

  26 May 2015

  The Indonesian Mining Professionals Association, or Perhapi, has announced its support for a 35,00... . ...Read More

• FOB Indonesia coal swap ; Up week over week

  26 May 2015

  Indonesian coal swap for delivery Q3 2015 gains week over week and lost month on month, this past ... . ...Read More

• Coal Prices Stabilized Last Week after the Previous Week’s Fall

  26 May 2015

  Powder River Basin PRB (Powder River Basin) coal spot prices averaged $9.90 per ton for the week... . ...Read More

• Colombia cuts 2015 coal output forecast, Q1 volume falls 5 pct

  26 May 2015

  Colombia, the world’s fourth biggest coal exporter, produced 23.2 million tonnes of the fuel... . ...Read More