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• Solar power plants to come up at coal-based project sites

  17 Apr 2015

  With some of the state power generation utility's proposed coal-based projects not likely to b... . ...Read More

• CIL moves to rationalise coal linkage for southern gencos

  17 Apr 2015

  State-run miner Coal India Ltd has initiated a process to rationalise coal linkages for various po... . ...Read More

• India’s Thermal Coal Imports Will Soon Top 200 Million Metric Tons

  17 Apr 2015

  India’s dependence on thermal coke from abroad is beginning to raise concern in internationa... . ...Read More

• South Africa, India buck renewables slowdown, in shift away from coal

  17 Apr 2015

  Renewable energy investment has made a slow start to 2015, with the latest figures from Bloomberg ... . ...Read More

• Australia Pushes For Free Trade With India After China Demand Falls

  17 Apr 2015

  Slowing growth in top trade partner China and plunging prices for iron ore and coal are adding imp... . ...Read More

• China top coal firm targets 50-60 mln tonnes output cuts in 2015

  17 Apr 2015

  China's biggest coal producer, the state-owned Shenhua Group, will cut production by 50 to 60 ... . ...Read More

• China demand for coal-fired electricity falls by 10 per cent in March quarter

  17 Apr 2015

  China's consumption of electricity from coal-fired power stations fell 10 per cent over the fi... . ...Read More

• Most U.S. Coal Is Uneconomical as Natural Gas Fattens Profits

  17 Apr 2015

  Coal is getting pummeled by natural gas as power generators find they make more money using the cl... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production estimated at 18 million st, down 7.6%: EIA

  17 Apr 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 18 million st in the week ended April 11, up 3.5% f... . ...Read More

• Whitehaven Coal cuts coal price forecasts, lifts output target

  17 Apr 2015

  Whitehaven Coal has backed away from its optimistic view it can receive increasing prices for its ... . ...Read More

• Closing Germany’s Dirty Old Coal Plants Seen Aiding Utilities

  17 Apr 2015

  Germany must close about 14 gigawatts of old coal plants to reach its climate-protection targets -... . ...Read More

• More coal from North Korean port to be shipped South

  17 Apr 2015

  A second shipment of Russian coal will be sent from the DPRK’s Rajin port to Pohang in South... . ...Read More

• Coal seam gas can provide certainty in a time of market chaos

  17 Apr 2015

  You may have seen conflicting reports lately about Australia’s gas supply. On one hand, the ... . ...Read More

• Sluggish trend seen in international markets

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: Spot prices of almost all types of coal in the international markets remained unchanged ... . ...Read More

• Next round of mine auctions by April-May: Swarup

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: After the stupendous success of the auction and allotment of 67 mines in February- March... . ...Read More