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• Mechel aims to increase coal output after record loss

  29 Apr 2015

  Indebted Russian miner Mechel hopes to increase coal production by up to 15 percent this year afte... . ...Read More

• Coal industry set for shake-out after prices halve

  29 Apr 2015

  Commodity prices may have bounced from their recent lows, but that may not be enough to prevent a ... . ...Read More

• Australian steam coal prices firm up further

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: Prices of Australian steam coal firmed up further on April 27 as traders, taking advanta... . ...Read More

• STC floats tender to sell off pledged met coke

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd (STC) has floated a tender for sale of around... . ...Read More

• MMTC’s CIL procurement bid to open on May 8

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: The bid submission date against MMTC’s global tender to procure 0.754 million tons... . ...Read More

• ICVL acquires coal properties in Mozambique

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL), a consortium of Steel Authority of India Lim... . ...Read More

• CIL spot e-auction sales down 22% in 2014-15

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: After rising continuously for the last 5-6 years, the offerings and allotments of coal b... . ...Read More

• India’s FY15 coal production up 8.28% y-o-y

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: India’s coal production during 2014-15 stood at 612.58 million tons (mt), up 8.28%... . ...Read More

• India’s captive blocks FY15 output up 24% y-o-y

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: As expected, coal production from the captive blocks in India rose 24.45% to 65.81millio... . ...Read More

• India’s FY15 coking coal output up 3% y-o-y

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: India’s coking coal production in 2014-15 rose 2.99% to 58.52 million tons (mt) ag... . ...Read More

• CIL FY15 washed coking coal output down 13% y-o-y

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: Washed coking coal production by Coal India Limited (CIL) for 2014-15 dropped 13.20% to ... . ...Read More

• India’s FY15 coal despatches increase 6% y-o-y

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: India’s coal despatches during 2014-15 stood at 607.51 million tons (mt) from 572.... . ...Read More

• India’s Mar pithead vendible stocks up 8% y-o-y

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: India’s pithead vendible coal stocks rose 8.05% to 59.98 million tons (mt) as on t... . ...Read More

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

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &nd... . ...Read More

• Water storage at key reservoirs down 2% w-o-w

  28 Apr 2015

  April 28: The water storage available at 85 important reservoirs in India stood at 49.25 BCM as on... . ...Read More