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• Coal scam: CBI directed to return unrelied documents to accused

  01 Apr 2015

  A special court on Tuesday directed CBI to return the materials seized during its probe into a coa... . ...Read More

• Bad loans almost double in coal-dependent parts of China

  01 Apr 2015

  The increase in the amount of bad loans on the books of China's major commercial banks has bee... . ...Read More

• Appalachia Miners Wiped Out by Coal Glut That They Can’t Reverse

  01 Apr 2015

  Douglas Blackburn has been crawling in and out of the coal mines of Central Appalachia since he wa... . ...Read More

• Endangered Black-Throated Finch could derail plans to build the biggest coal mine in Australia

  01 Apr 2015

  A BIRD no larger than a cricket ball could derail plans to build the biggest coal mine in Australi... . ...Read More

• Gas Lures Vitol for Power as U.K. Carbon Tax Hobbles Rival Coal

  01 Apr 2015

  In the control room at Vitol SA’s generating plant 145 miles north of London, Dave Brignall&... . ...Read More

• British coal imports to jump ahead of April 1 carbon tax hike

  01 Apr 2015

  Britain's coal imports should show a spike for the first quarter of 2015 as utilities hoard ah... . ...Read More

• Beijing’s Four Major Coal-Fired Power Plants Will Completely Shut Down

  01 Apr 2015

  Coal, which has nearly done in Beijing, is soon to be done itself in Beijing. China is cutting pol... . ...Read More

• Coal burn could increase with Illinois nuclear unit offline: PJM

  01 Apr 2015

  With the shutdown of Exelon Generation's 1,242-MW Braidwood-1 nuclear power unit in Braceville... . ...Read More

• Turns out the world’s first “clean coal” plant is a backdoor subsidy to oil producers

  01 Apr 2015

  The world’s first “clean coal” plant — that is, the first full-size coal-f... . ...Read More

• Japan persists with climate cash for coal plants

  01 Apr 2015

  Japan is continuing to use money earmarked for fighting climate change to fund less emissions inte... . ...Read More

• Australia is committed to cutting emissions 5% from 2000 levels by 2020.

  01 Apr 2015

  On Friday, Canberra published an “issues paper” on the country’s post-2020 targe... . ...Read More

• Availability, low demand ease global coal prices

  31 Mar 2015

  March 31: A mix of excess availability and low demand pushed international coal prices down on Mar... . ...Read More

• MCL’s output, despatches hit by local protests

  31 Mar 2015

  March 31: Production and despatches from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd’s (MCL’s) Talcher are... . ...Read More

• Coal supply assured till June 30 for running units

  31 Mar 2015

  March 31: The Standing Linkage Committee (Long-Term) for Power/Cement/Sponge Iron sectors, which m... . ...Read More

• Biomass units get coal reprieve till March 2017

  31 Mar 2015

  March 31: The standing linkage committee (SLC) – Long Term- has recommended resumption of co... . ...Read More