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• Coal rises vampire like as German utilities seek survival

  15 Apr 2014

  What’s a beleaguered utility do when forced by the government to close its profitable nuclea... . ...Read More

• Indonesia’s Q1 coal production little changed even with price drop

  15 Apr 2014

  Indonesia’s coal production by volume in the first quarter remained little changed from the ... . ...Read More

• Use of coal in Finnish energy production jumps

  15 Apr 2014

  The use of coal in Finnish heat and electricity production increased by over 30 per cent from the ... . ...Read More

• Bedeschi to equip Russian Coal Export Terminal

  15 Apr 2014

  Bedeschi Handling, part of Italy’s Bedeschi Group, has signed a contract to provide port-rel... . ...Read More

• Slight firmness in international coal prices

  14 Apr 2014

  April 14: Spot prices of steam coal in international markets remained firm on April 11, largely on... . ...Read More

• Pet coke availability in India may ease post-Dec 2014

  14 Apr 2014

  April 14: With the new refinery in Saudi Arabia slated to be in place by December 2014, and which ... . ...Read More

• ECL set to be out of BIFR purview, to raise UG output

  14 Apr 2014

  April 14: Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL), the loss-making subsidiary of Coal India Ltd (CIL), is all... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Kandla fall 18.35% in March m-o-m

  14 Apr 2014

  April 14: Steam coal imports through the port of Kandla stood at 266,967 tons in March 2014, down ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Kandla up 4.17% in March

  14 Apr 2014

  April 14: Coking coal imports through the port of Kandla stood at 24,480 tons in March 2014, up 4.... . ...Read More

• Former coal secy Parakh embarrasses PM

  14 Apr 2014

  At a time when his former media advisor's book has created political ripples, former Coal secr... . ...Read More

• International coal prices remain depressed

  14 Apr 2014

  International coal prices, a major cost component of the sector, continues to be a boon for the ce... . ...Read More

• China to ban high sulphur coal imports

  14 Apr 2014

  In an effort to clean up the choking smog in many major Chinese cities, the Chinese government pla... . ...Read More

• Coal’s best hope rising with costliest US power plant

  14 Apr 2014

  It’s here in Kemper County, 90 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that utility Southern... . ...Read More

• Panel asked to expedite report on JSPL coal sale

  14 Apr 2014

  The inter-ministerial committee which is probing allegations that Jindal Steel and Power Ltd sold ... . ...Read More

• Post-Fukushima Japan Chooses Coal Over Renewable Energy

  14 Apr 2014

  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing Japan’s coal industry to expand sales at home and abroa... . ...Read More