February 10, 2009: Average raw material selling prices for Russian miner and steelmaker Evraz have decreased sharply in the fourth quarter compared to the third.
February 10, 2009: Coal exports from Australia's Newcastle Port have registered a growth of about 8.08 percent to 91,651,134 tons for calendar year 2008 as compared to the corresponding period a year ago revealed recent Tex Report data.
February 9, 2009: Alpha Natural Resources Inc. of the US, recorded a total coal sales of 28.34 million tons (mt) in the calendar year (CY) 2008, down by 0.8 percent from the previous calendar year.
February 9, 2009: Shipments of coal through Ridley Terminal of Prince Rupert Port in Australia during calendar year 2008 declined by nearly 6.7 percent as compared to the same time a year ago, revealed recent Tex Report data.
February 9, 2009: Coal exports from Australia's New South Wales (NSW) reported a decline of about 2.2 percent in December 2008 as compared to the same month a year ago.
February 5, 2009: The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is tying up with equipment manufacturers for the much-delayed 7,480-MW Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh.
February 4, 2009: India will sign the first commercial agreement with Areva on February 4 to set up atomic power plants.
February 1, 2009 : Coal of Africa Ltd (CoAL) and South Africa 's state-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) have joined hands to remove a major logistical problem for the Perth-based miner.
January 31, 2009 : Russia 's miner and steel producer Mechel plans to cut production of coal at its Yakutugol metallurgical coal mining and processing business by a third this year.
January 31, 2009 : Gloucester Coal is concerned that less demand for its coking coal from Japanese steelmakers might lead to a repetition of the fall in coking coal sales last quarter, from its mines in eastern Australia .
January 20, 2009: China Coal Energy Co Ltd of China produced 100.37 million tons (mt) of raw coal during the calendar year 2008, up by 10.9 percent from the previous calendar year.
January 19, 2009: Tata Power Company (TPC) has said it is preparing the groundwork for a foray into the nuclear power sector and is awaiting the government to open up the sector to private players.
January 19, 2009: Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) and China's Schenck Process have signed an agreement for collaboration in the field of manufacturing mining machinery.
January 18, 2009 : Domestic coal prices will probably stay firm in the short term. They are currently being offered at a discounted price compared to international prices.
January 18, 2009: Russian coking coal producer Raspadskaya has said it lowered coal production 31 percent in 2008 to 9.4 million tons (mt).
January 18, 2009: Coal shipments from Australia's Newcastle port decreased 28 percent in the week ended January 13 and the number of vessels waiting outside the port fell.
January 18, 2009 : Vedanta Resources and Nava Bharat ( Singapore ) are face-to-face for taking over Zambia 's largest coal mine, Maamba Collieries.
January 15, 2009: A spot deal of 300,000 tons was realized on January 13, 2009 at the South African thermal coal market (physical RB) of globalCOAL, for delivery in 2010 at $75 FOB.
January 13, 2009: Gujarat NRE Coke Limited has announced that the group is planning to make an massive investment of about Rs 3000 crore in Gujarat in the span of next five years.
January 10, 2008: China is aiming to increase its coal production by about 30 percent by 2015 to meet its energy needs as per the forecast made by China's ministry of land and resources.