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• The Clean Power Plan Means Changes for Coal, But Not the Ones You Might Expect

  18 Jun 2014

  Under President Obama's recently announced Clean Power Plan, the Environmental Protection Agen... . ...Read More

• Morwell fire: water pipes ‘had been removed’ before coal mine caught alight

  18 Jun 2014

  Water pipes meant to dampen exposed coal in case of fire were not in place when a Victorian coal m... . ...Read More

• Low, mid-cv Indonesian thermal coal prices edge lower on limited buying

  18 Jun 2014

  Some low and mid-cv grades of Indonesian thermal coal edged 10-20 cents/mt lower in Asia trade due... . ...Read More

• Work to begin on Denniston coal mine

  18 Jun 2014

  Approval has been given for Bathurst Resources to commence work on its Escarpment Mining Project o... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices firm up despite lack of buying

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: The spot prices of South African standard coal firmed up on June 16 despite not much buyi... . ...Read More

• Secretary (Coal) meets CMDs of CIL subsidiary

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: The Secretary (Coal), Government of India, S K Srivastava, on June 17 had a marathon meet... . ...Read More

• Hindustan Newsprint floats tender to procure imported coal

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Hindustan Newsprint Limited, a public sector undertaking under Ministry of Heavy Industri... . ...Read More

• NMPT sees fall in profit as UPCL stops generation

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Profits of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) is likely to suffer due to low handling of coa... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 8 ports up 5.88 % w-o-w

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: India's imported coal stocks at eight ports -seven major and one private - provisiona... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Ennore up 8.99% in May m-o-m

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Steam coal imports through Ennore Port rose 8.99% to 1,088,296 in May, 2014, against 998,... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Ennore Port at 68,262 tons in May

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Coking coal imports through the port of Ennore stood at 68,262 in May, 2014 as per inform... . ...Read More

• India accounts for 62% of SA’s May coal export

  17 Jun 2014

  June 17: Indian companies purchased as much as 62% of the total coal exported through South Africa... . ...Read More

• Imported coal gets cheaper, brings cheer to thermal plants

  17 Jun 2014

  A steep fall in imported coal prices has brought cheer to India's portbased thermal plants. In... . ...Read More

• Gas usage shrinks, boosts coal demand

  17 Jun 2014

  India, the fourth largest energy consumer globally, recorded the largest volumetric decline in n... . ...Read More

• India logs largest decline in natural gas output

  17 Jun 2014

  India, the fourth largest energy consumer globally, recorded the largest volumetric decline in nat... . ...Read More