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• How tribal Indians beat big coal firms

  12 May 2015

   India's government wants to make the country a manufacturing hub - but for that it needs... . ...Read More

• Coal set to dominate as Myanmar mulls energy strategy

  12 May 2015

  As night descends on South East Asia, astronauts in the international space station peering out of... . ...Read More

• Germany divided over future of coal

  12 May 2015

  On 25 April, 6000 people formed a human chain stretching over seven kilometres in the Rhineland mi... . ...Read More

• Russia: a game of risk

  12 May 2015

  With the price of coal having steadily dropped from peaks in May 2008 to price points previously s... . ...Read More

• 90% of cement factories agree to use coal in their production: Egyptian Industrial Development Authority

  12 May 2015

  “90% of cement factories have agreed to use coal in their production, the Industrial Develop... . ...Read More

• It’s Rothschild vs. Widjaja: Superrich Battle Over Indonesia Coal Mine

  12 May 2015

  A battle between members of wealthy families from opposite sides of the world over an Indonesian c... . ...Read More

• $35.5 Million in Grants to Help US Areas Adapt to Coal Changes

  12 May 2015

  U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez has announced that $35.5 million in funding is now available ... . ...Read More

• China coal exporter Winsway fails to make $13.15 mln interest payment

  12 May 2015

  Chinese coal exporter Winsway Enterprises Holdings Ltd said it failed to make the scheduled intere... . ...Read More

• Alcoa to shut its Victorian brown-coal mine and power plant with 85 jobs lost

  12 May 2015

  Alcoa will shut its controversial brown-coal mine and power plant on Victoria’s surf coast, ... . ...Read More

• Slight weak trend seen in international coal markets

  11 May 2015

  May 11: A slight weakness was seen international coal prices on May 8 on lower-than- expected enqu... . ...Read More

• India’s coal, coke imports down 11.9% in Apr m-o-m

  11 May 2015

  May 11: India’s coal and coke imports decreased by 11.9% to 21,196,474 tons in April 2015, c... . ...Read More

• Ministry postpones e-auction process for PSDF

  11 May 2015

  May 11: The Ministry of Power, which had decided to start the e-auction process for the power syst... . ...Read More

• SCCL’s total productivity rises record 9% in FY15

  11 May 2015

  May 11: After a drop in the preceding year, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) reported an 8.... . ...Read More

• Vidarbha body writes to WCL over “priority” allocation

  11 May 2015

  May 11: The Vidarbha Industry Association (VIA), a body devoted to the promotion of industry in th... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports edge up w-o-w

  11 May 2015

  May 11: India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &ndas... . ...Read More