Coal news and updates

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• Railways’ coal handling falls 8.59% m-o-m in April

  19 May 2014

  May 19: Indian Railways (IR) transported 43.26 million tons (mt) of coal in April 2014, down by 8.... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp’s Q4 net profit down 64%

  19 May 2014

  May 19: Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship company of the M P Birla Group, recently reported ... . ...Read More

• Pipavav Port’s imported coal stocks up 4.8% m-o-m in May

  19 May 2014

  May 19: Imported coal stocks at Gujarat’s Pipavav Port increased 4.8% to 0.148 million tons ... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry issues new deadline for submitting applications for 3 coal mines

  19 May 2014

  The Coal Ministry has extended the deadline to June 25 for companies submitting applications to pa... . ...Read More

• NDA to focus on PSU banks, coal, power: Report

  19 May 2014

  The brokerage cautions that these changes are likely to take 3-4 years if not more. However, the p... . ...Read More

• Turkey coal mine disaster: Action at last, 24 detained

  19 May 2014

  Twenty-four people were detained in Turkey on Sunday as investigations continued into last week... . ...Read More

• UK to run out of oil, gas and coal in five years: Report

  19 May 2014

  New research from the Global Sustainability Institute has found that Britain, France and many othe... . ...Read More

• Obama greenhouse-gas cuts splits power, coal industries

  19 May 2014

  Bracing for greenhouse-gas rules from the Obama administration, two industries are staking out dif... . ...Read More

• Vale to shut money-losing Integra coal mine in Australia

  19 May 2014

  Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Friday it plans to close its Integra coal mine in Australia be... . ...Read More

• The Met Coal Downturn Has Another Year to Go: Steer Clear of These Miners

  19 May 2014

  The domestic thermal coal markets look like they are starting to bottom out, but the metallurgical... . ...Read More

• 11 killed in China coal mine accident

  19 May 2014

  Eleven workers were killed when a pipeline in a coal mine collapsed in northwestern China.  ... . ...Read More

• 500 jobs slashed as two Hunter Valley coal mines close

  19 May 2014

  500 jobs are set to be slashed in the Hunter Valley as two major coal mines are placed into care a... . ...Read More

• Extension of dull trend in international coal markets

  16 May 2014

  May 16: The dull trend witnessed earlier was extended on May 15 with major buyers still remaining ... . ...Read More

• RIL keeps pet coke prices unchanged for May loading

  16 May 2014

  May 16: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India's largest petroleum coke producer, has kept uncha... . ...Read More

• Sharp fall in pet coke despatches by Indian refineries in April

  16 May 2014

  May 16: Despatches of petroleum coke (fuel grade) via rakes by major Indian refineries in April 20... . ...Read More