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• Polish coal miner Kompania Weglowa in talks with investors

  13 May 2015

  Poland's Kompania Weglowa is in talks with investors about their potential capital involvement... . ...Read More

• Lawmakers Pushing to Bring More Coal Jobs to Illinois

  13 May 2015

   Downstate lawmakers are revving up their push to bring more coal jobs to Illinois. They'... . ...Read More

• Natural gas generation poised to nearly equal coal in April, May: US EIA

  13 May 2015

  Generating power with natural gas will come close to equaling generation from coal in April and Ma... . ...Read More

• Plan to use western coal at plant puts utility, customer group at odds

  13 May 2015

  A plan to expand the coal storage area and add equipment at the state's newest coal-fired powe... . ...Read More

• Met Coal Prices and Supply Glut Hamper Walter Energy in 1Q15

  13 May 2015

  Production and shipments Walter Energy, Inc. (WLT) produced 2.0 million tons of met coal through... . ...Read More

• UK Q1 thermal coal imports drop 18% year on year to 8.2 million mt

  13 May 2015

  The UK imported 8.2 million mt of thermal coal in the first quarter, an 18% drop on the year, acco... . ...Read More

• Murray subsidiary temporarily idles Century thermal coal mine in Ohio

  13 May 2015

  A Murray Energy subsidiary said Tuesday it is temporarily idling, effective immediately, its Centu... . ...Read More

• Patriot Coal Again Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

  13 May 2015

  Plummeting energy prices sent Patriot Coal Corp. back to chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesd... . ...Read More

• Glencore Under Fire on Colombia Coal Mines

  13 May 2015

   Glencore PLC, one of the world’s largest commodity and mining companies, is battling a... . ...Read More

• South African standard coal prices hardened

  12 May 2015

  May 12: The spot prices of South African standard coal hardened a bit on May 11 amidst reports of ... . ...Read More

• India’s Apr coal imports via SA down 6.11% m-o-m

  12 May 2015

  May 12: Indian companies’ coal imports from Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) of South Afric... . ...Read More

• PowerMin kick-starts e-auction for PSDF support

  12 May 2015

  May 12: The Ministry of Power, on May 12, kick-started the e-auction process for Power System Deve... . ...Read More

• ‘RLNG imports can power 9000 MW stranded units’

  12 May 2015

  May 12: The e-auction for allocation of imported re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG), under t... . ...Read More

• Coal from arms has average ash below 34%: CIL

  12 May 2015

  May 12: Notwithstanding the delay in setting up new coal washeries, Coal India Ltd (CIL) claims th... . ...Read More

• Adani Power FY15 net loss widens to Rs 815.63 cr

  12 May 2015

  May 12: Adani Power Limited, a subsidiary of Adani enterprises Limited, reported a consolidated ne... . ...Read More