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• TNEB’s FY15 coal imports head north 31.08% y-o-y

  10 Apr 2015

  April 10: Imports of steam coal by Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) during 2014-15 stood at 7,6... . ...Read More

• APGENCO’s FY15 coal imports increase 4.04% y-o-y

  10 Apr 2015

  April 10: Imports of steam coal by Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) d... . ...Read More

• Indian Railways FY15 freight loading up 4.18% y-o-y

  10 Apr 2015

  April 10: Indian Railways carried 1,097.57 million tons (mt) of revenue earning freight traffic du... . ...Read More

• Vizag Port’s March pet coke exports drop 39% m-o-m

  10 Apr 2015

  April 10: A substantial amount of 23,000 tons of calcined petroleum coke (pet coke) was exported t... . ...Read More

• Transparent coal auctions appreciated: Piyush Goyal

  10 Apr 2015

  ower and coal minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said the transparent coal auction process was bein... . ...Read More

• Tamil Nadu asks for additional coal block allocation

  10 Apr 2015

  The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Centre to allocate one more coal block to in order to expe... . ...Read More

• Kumar Mangalam Birla, coal bull in the midst of bears?

  10 Apr 2015

   In the government’s coal auctions so far, Hindalco Industries Ltd’s bid has been... . ...Read More

• China’s Coal Cap Could Save $11.4 Billion a Year, Study Says

  10 Apr 2015

  China’s proposal to curb coal consumption could save as many 89,000 lives and $11.4 billion ... . ...Read More

• Excess China mine capacity key to seaborne thermal coal market imbalance: GS

  10 Apr 2015

  Recent production cuts in Australia and South Africa will do little to balance the global seaborne... . ...Read More

• PAC red-flags UMPP bidding, coal diversion for Sasan

  10 Apr 2015

  Coming down heavily on the ministries of power and coal, the public accounts committee (PAC) has p... . ...Read More

• Red Indian coal economy has suffered because of EPA regs, tribes say

  10 Apr 2015

  The coal economy on Indian reservations is being endangered by tougher Environmental Protection Ag... . ...Read More

• Coal ash at The US power plant site greater than first reported

  10 Apr 2015

  Evidence that a Duke Energy power plant site near Hartsville is more contaminated than previously ... . ...Read More

• Fracking is killing coal. So why do so many environmentalists hate it?

  10 Apr 2015

  Few things have inspired angst among green groups and climate advocates like the question of how t... . ...Read More

• Delays decrease again for US railroad coal shipments: STB filings

  10 Apr 2015

  Coal carload delays on the four major US railroads mostly declined for the second straight week, d... . ...Read More

• Lower coking coal contract price shows downward pressure

  10 Apr 2015

  Coking coal prices are yet to show signs of bottoming with bearish signals from both contract talk... . ...Read More