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• 22 workers trapped in coal mine in China

  08 Apr 2014

  Twenty-two workers were trapped by a coal mine flood early today in Qujing City in southwest China... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto to submit new Australia coal mine plan after losing legal fight

  08 Apr 2014

  Rio Tinto has lost a legal fight to expand its Warkworth coal mine in Australia, which the global ... . ...Read More

• Consol Energy raises 2014 coal production outlook

  08 Apr 2014

  Consol Energy Inc raised its coal production outlook for the year, on strong demand from power com... . ...Read More

• James River Coal files for bankruptcy protection

  08 Apr 2014

  James River Coal Co filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with a steep drop ... . ...Read More

• Czech minister says coal miner NWR needs new capital to avert collapse

  08 Apr 2014

  Czech trade minister Jan Mladek said on Monday loss-making coal miner New World Resources needed 3... . ...Read More

• Mozambi Coal in alliance with Moultrie Group, cornerstone investor

  08 Apr 2014

  Mozambi Coal's (ASX: MOZ) shares should trade firmer after placing 10 million shares to Moultr... . ...Read More

• Australia’s biggest coal state plans for life beyond coal

  08 Apr 2014

  It was a rare moment of unscripted truth in Australian politics, which summed up decades of nation... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices firm up on speculative interest

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: Spot prices of South African steam coal firmed up sharply on April 4 in the wake of specu... . ...Read More

• Shree Cement procures another cargo of 0.5 mt US steam coal

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: Shree Cement Ltd has purchased yet another consignment of 0.5 million tons (mt) of US ste... . ...Read More

• Nabha Power floats NIT to procure 0.1 mt of steam coal per month

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: Nabha Power Limited, a project of L&T Power Development, has floated a notice invitin... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks up 6% on first day of April

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: India’s imported coal stocks, including steam coal, coking coal and coke at seven m... . ...Read More

• SCCL has no plan to revise prices in Q1

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: Even as talks about Coal India Ltd’s (CIL’s) possible price hike is doing the... . ...Read More

• SCCL’s production down 5.11% y-o-y in FY’14

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: Coal production from the 49 mines of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) during 2... . ...Read More

• Adani Power commissions 4th unit of Tiroda power plant

  07 Apr 2014

  April 7: Adani Power Limited, a subsidiary of the Adani Group, commissioned the 4th unit (660MW) o... . ...Read More

• Cheaper coal, rising rupee help fire up JSW Energy

  07 Apr 2014

  The worst appears to be over for JSW group's power company — JSW Energy. International c... . ...Read More