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• 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

• Stringent emission norms for TPPs soon: MoEFCC

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is planning to come out w... . ...Read More

• MoEFCC to bring out standard TOR for 39 sectors

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: In a bid to ease the process of granting environmental clearances (EC), the MoEFCC has i... . ...Read More

• NTPC aims to regulate coal imports in current fisc

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: NTPC Ltd, which had seen a 60% increase in imports of coal in 2014-15, plans to regulate... . ...Read More

• MCL output target increased to 250 mt by 2019-20

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: As part of CIL’s endeavour to achieve 1 billion tons of production by 2019-20, Mah... . ...Read More

• Power sector coal demand to hit 1 bn tons by ‘21-22

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: Even as CIL aims to achieve 1 billion tons of coal production by 2019-20, coal demand fr... . ...Read More

• Coking coal demand to touch 170 mt by 2025-26

  16 Apr 2015

  April 16: With the Indian steel industry expected to reach a capacity of around 300 million tons b... . ...Read More