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• China Seen Curbing Coal Supply as Price Drops to Near 8-Year Low

  24 Mar 2015

  China’s benchmark thermal-coal price slumped to the lowest level in almost eight years, prom... . ...Read More

• US miner Patriot Coal temporarily idles West Virginia mines on inventory, low demand

  24 Mar 2015

  US miner Patriot Coal said Monday it has temporarily idled coal production at the Samples surface ... . ...Read More

• No Country For King Coal – The Changing U.S. Energy Mix

  24 Mar 2015

  As of late last year coal formed the backbone of US electric generation capacity. At a share of ro... . ...Read More

• Vietnam Cement Company plans to import coal from Indonesia

  24 Mar 2015

   Ha Tien 1 Cement Company is negotiating with Indonesian partners to import coal from Indones... . ...Read More

• Pak Thar coalfield: Petrochemical, coal exports to India viable

  24 Mar 2015

  After receiving proposals from foreign mining and power generation companies, the government of Si... . ...Read More

• Weak China demand continues to hit Australian rates

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: An extension of a weak trend was witnessed in Australian steam coal prices on March 20 a... . ...Read More

• Hindustan Zinc floats tender for 0.3 mt imported coal

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: Hindustan Zinc Limited, a Vedanta Group company, has floated a tender inviting offers fr... . ...Read More

• NTPC extends submission date for Pudimadaka coal

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: NTPC Limited, which had, on December 29, 2014 floated a tender for long- term procuremen... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port planning to increase draft level from April

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: Kandla Port is likely to initiate the process of increasing its draft from the month of ... . ...Read More

• JSPL likely to justify low bid price to coal ministry

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) is likely to justify the low bid prices at the coal bloc... . ...Read More

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

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &ndas... . ...Read More

• Water storage at key India reservoirs down w-o-w

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: The water storage available at 85 important reservoirs in India stood at 57.445 BCM as o... . ...Read More

• House passes Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2015

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23:  The Rajya Sabha, on March 21, passed the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 201... . ...Read More

• Asia, Africa coal imports via RBCT up 19% in Feb m-o-m

  23 Mar 2015

  March 23: Imports of coal from RBCT by African and Asian countries, excluding India, rose 18.83% i... . ...Read More

• A roller-coaster ride for investors

  23 Mar 2015

  Fuel demand is relatively invariant with respect to price. But international price trends over the... . ...Read More