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• HCI Coal disappoints, but ‘makes progress’

  27 May 2014

  Despite a scrappy performance by its coal ventures, investment conglomerate Hosken Consolidated In... . ...Read More

• Virginia jury awards $5M in coal contract dispute

  27 May 2014

  A Southwest Virginia jury has awarded $5 million to a defunct coal company and its owner in their ... . ...Read More

• Sam Judd: Is coal the solution?

  27 May 2014

  As we sit here with a humming computer that trickles away kilowatt-hours of energy, we have to dec... . ...Read More

• Operation halts in coal mine run by Soma Company

  27 May 2014

  Turkey's labor inspectors ordered the halt of mining operations in Atabacasi coal mine run by ... . ...Read More

• Pain of low coal prices finally too much for Australian miners: Clyde Russell

  27 May 2014

  Like a pot of water being slowly brought to boil, it's taken a long time for Australian coal m... . ...Read More

• Dull trend in international coal markets

  26 May 2014

  May 26: Spot coal prices remained range-bound on May 23 amidst limited buying enquiries on reports... . ...Read More

• India’s coal production down 32.51% m-o-m in April

  26 May 2014

  May 26: India’s coal production for April 2014 plunged 32.51% to 44.12 million tons (mt) com... . ...Read More

• India’s captive coal mines’ April output falls 20.48% m-o-m

  26 May 2014

  May 26: After a rise of five consecutive months, coal production from the captive blocks fell 20.4... . ...Read More

• India’s coking coal output down 46.81% m-o-m in April

  26 May 2014

  May 26: India’s coking coal production in April 2014 fell 46.81% to 4.34 million tons (mt), ... . ...Read More

• SCCL’s coal production dips 64% in April m-o-m

  26 May 2014

  May 26: Coal production from the 49 mines of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) during th... . ...Read More

• India’s April pithead vendible coal stocks drop 10.81 % y-o-y

  26 May 2014

  May 26: India’s pithead vendible coal stocks fell 10.81% to 52.73 million tons (mt) as on th... . ...Read More

• Indian power sector’s capacity addition at 135 MW in April

  26 May 2014

  May 26: India’s power generation capacity addition in April 2014 stood at 135 MW against 5,2... . ...Read More

• STC floats tender for 378,000 tons of imported coal

  26 May 2014

  May 26: The State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC) has floated a tender for procurement ... . ...Read More

• India Cements’ Q4 net loss at Rs 30.56 crore

  26 May 2014

  May 26: India Cements Limited, on May 26, reported a net loss of Rs 30.56 crore during the January... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Mumbai Port up 4.92% in April m-o-m

  26 May 2014

  May 26: Coal handling at Mumbai Port stood at 385,045 tons during April 2014, up 4.92% from 367,00... . ...Read More