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• We are not facing a coal cliff: Eskom

  15 May 2015

  Charges that Eskom would be facing “a coal cliff” in the coming years were dismissed b... . ...Read More

• Oak Creek power plant gets state OK for changes enabling burning of Wyoming coal

  15 May 2015

  State regulators on Thursday gave We Energies the go-ahead to make changes at its new coal plant i... . ...Read More

• Natural Gas Prices Should Be Competitive With Coal This Summer, FERC Says

  15 May 2015

  With summer futures prices below $3.00/MMBtu in most regions, natural gas is expected to be compet... . ...Read More

• Polish hard coal output down 8% in Q1: ministry

  15 May 2015

  Poland's hard coal mining sector produced 16.465 million mt in the first quarter, down 8.1% ye... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production slides for 12th straight week: EIA

  15 May 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 16 million st in the week ended April 9, the lowest... . ...Read More

• NWR Reports Operating Loss in ‘Extremely Difficult’ Coal Market

  15 May 2015

  New World Resources Plc, the largest Czech producer of coking coal, reported an operating loss in ... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy to pay $102 million for coal ash crimes

  15 May 2015

  Duke Energy Corporation pleaded guilty Thursday to environmental crimes over a North Carolina powe... . ...Read More

• Goyal: Coal, power, RE plan $250 bn investment in 5 yrs

  14 May 2015

  Government on Wednesday said investments worth $250 billion are planned over the next five years i... . ...Read More

• Indian Prime Minister Prods Coal Monopoly

  14 May 2015

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to end decades of crippling electricity shortages and turn this... . ...Read More

• CBI questions Baidyanath promoters over coal block allotment

  14 May 2015

  The promoters of herbal drugmaker Baidyanath Ayurved Bhavan were examined by Central Bureau of Inv... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Will file final probe report soon, CBI tells court

  14 May 2015

  CBI today told a special court here that it would "shortly" file the final report of fur... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: SC to pass verdict on plea for SIT probe against ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha

  14 May 2015

  The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on a plea filed by an NGO seeking a ... . ...Read More

• Singareni Collieries inducts two new directors from Coal Ministry

  14 May 2015

  The Government of India has appointed Peeyush Kumar, Director (Technical) Ministry of Coal, and Ja... . ...Read More

• Abbott government budget boost could help controversial Galilee coal projects

  14 May 2015

  Coal projects in the Galilee Basin and on the door step of the Great Barrier Reef could receive go... . ...Read More

• Coal giant calls for price regulation in Newcastle Port

  14 May 2015

  A year after the state government privatised the Port of Newcastle, coal mining giant Glencore has... . ...Read More