Coal news and updates

Updated daily

• CIL signs MoU with govt for 2014-15

  17 Apr 2014

  April 17: Coal India Limited (CIL) is planning to produce 507 million tons (mt) coal in 2014-15 an... . ...Read More

• Mahagenco accuses WCL of providing inferior coal

  17 Apr 2014

  Mahagenco on Wednesday blamed WCL for supplying inferior quality of coal to it. A division bench c... . ...Read More

• Coal bidders concerned about many issues, IMG meet on Thursday

  17 Apr 2014

  As the government initiated the process of auctioning coal blocks, bidders have raised concerns on... . ...Read More

• CBI to quiz PC Parakh in coal scam

  17 Apr 2014

  The CBI is miffed with former coal secretary PC Parakh for casting aspersions on it and its direct... . ...Read More

• Black marketing of coal? Offences filed against MCCF officials

  17 Apr 2014

  Police today claimed to have busted a racket that was allegedly involved in lifting of coal from m... . ...Read More

• Is natural gas no better than coal?

  17 Apr 2014

  A new study by scientists from Purdue and Cornell suggests that the methane emissions from shale g... . ...Read More

• BHP hikes iron-ore, met coal production forecasts

  17 Apr 2014

  Diversified major BHP Billiton has reported record production for four of its commodities, at ten ... . ...Read More

• 7 Arguments for Coal Gone Bust

  17 Apr 2014

  I had written an article last week on ABC online as a rebuttal to Brendan Pearson, chief executive... . ...Read More

• The fuel of the future, unfortunately

  17 Apr 2014

  A cheap, ubiquitous and flexible fuel, with just one problem WHAT more could one want? It is ch... . ...Read More

• Federal court upholds EPA rule retiring coal plants

  17 Apr 2014

  A federal court has upheld an Environmental Protection Agency mercury emissions rule responsible f... . ...Read More

• Planned Balkan coal plants may breach EU pollution limits

  17 Apr 2014

  A new wave of coal plants in aspirant EU member states, authorised by the Energy Community, risk b... . ...Read More

• Spain passes 2014 coal payments in preparation for shutdowns

  17 Apr 2014

  Spain's Industry Ministry published Tuesday its 2014 subsidy scheme for domestic coal miners f... . ...Read More

• European Coal Price for 2015 Advances to Highest in Two Months

  17 Apr 2014

  European coal for 2015 rose for a record sixth day as supplies to the region were trimmed in the f... . ...Read More

• Cheaper coal imports cause losses locally

  17 Apr 2014

  China's coal producers saw a decline in both profitability and investment in overseas countrie... . ...Read More

• BHP reveals record coal production

  17 Apr 2014

  Mining company BHP says it has increased its projected production from its Queensland coal operati... . ...Read More