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• India needs to restructure CIL to raise output: Economic Survey

  10 Jul 2014

  India needs to restructure state behemoth Coal India Ltd quickly to raise output to feed fuel-star... . ...Read More

• New lines will improve coal linkages

  10 Jul 2014

  Railways Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has done his bit to resolve the infrastructure constraints fa... . ...Read More

• National Green Tribunal directs CIL, Mahagenco to follow clean coal norms

  10 Jul 2014

   The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Coal India Limited (CIL), its subsidiary Western... . ...Read More

• Rail budget brings hope for coal corridor

  10 Jul 2014

  The railway budget has proposed speeding up construction of critical coal connectivity lines, whic... . ...Read More

• ARA coal stock levels below 6 mt for first time since April

  10 Jul 2014

  Combined coal stocks at delivery ports in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region dropped below 6 m... . ...Read More

• Atlantic Thermal Coal: CIF ARA slips as market weighs Colombian strike

  10 Jul 2014

  European-delivered CIF ARA physical thermal coal prices slipped Tuesday to a more than one-week lo... . ...Read More

• Euro coal: Physical coal prices drop below $70/t on low summer demand

  10 Jul 2014

  * Asian coal prices also down on low Chinese power plant coal use * Coal prices have halved sin... . ...Read More

• Rooftop solar power is making coal obsolete in Australia

  10 Jul 2014

  Rooftop solar panels are becoming such a powerful factor in the energy market that they now can pu... . ...Read More

• Tour operator lobbies banks not to fund Abbot Point coal terminal expansion

  10 Jul 2014

  A north Queensland tourism operator says he will lobby Australia's big four banks to rule out ... . ...Read More

• Mechanics at Colombia coal mines strike

  10 Jul 2014

  Mechanics at Colombia's main coal mining companies, including Cerrejon and Drummond, went on s... . ...Read More

• Most UK coal power plants seen shut by 2023 on climate rules

  10 Jul 2014

  The U.K. will close most of its coal-fired power plants by 2023, leaving only three in use, as env... . ...Read More

• A-Cap Resources drills at Botswana coal projects toward early mining

  10 Jul 2014

  A-Cap Resources has started diamond drilling at its Mea and Bolau coal projects in Botswana to est... . ...Read More

• Continued weakness in international coal markets

  09 Jul 2014

  July 9: There was no reprieve from the soft trend prevailing in international coal markets on the c... . ...Read More

• India’s 2014-15 GDP growth seen at 5.4-5.9%: Economic Survey

  09 Jul 2014

  July 9: The Indian economy is likely to grow in the range of 5.4%-5.9% in 2014-15, overcoming the ... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 8 ports up 6.1% w-o-w

  09 Jul 2014

  July 9: India's imported coal stocks at 8 ports – seven major and one private –pro... . ...Read More