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• China to shut down 2,000 coal mines this year

  07 Apr 2014

  China will shut down roughly 2,000 small coal mines this year, with a total capacity of 117.48 mil... . ...Read More

• Train as Long as Eight Eiffel Towers Lifts South African Coal

  07 Apr 2014

  In more than 40 years driving trains in South Africa, Jacobus Cornelius van der Merwe has never se... . ...Read More

• BHP hits resistance on coking coal prices

  07 Apr 2014

  A push by BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest resource company by market value, to have coking... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto loses court appeal on Australian coal mine expansion

  07 Apr 2014

  Rio Tinto lost a court battle on Monday to expand its Warkworth open cut coal mine in Australia, l... . ...Read More

• Ailing mining group UK Coal receives secret approach offering help from investment company Zamadini

  07 Apr 2014

  Ailing mining group UK Coal has received a secret approach offering help from investment company Z... . ...Read More

• Diverse trends seen in international steam coal markets

  04 Apr 2014

  April 4: A diverse trend was witnessed in international steam coal markets on April 3 as South Afr... . ...Read More

• 36 cos evince interest in competitive bidding for 3 captive blocks

  04 Apr 2014

  April 4: Altogether 36 companies have shown interest in competitive bidding for three captive bloc... . ...Read More

• RIL increases pet coke prices for April loading

  04 Apr 2014

  April 4: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India's largest petroleum coke producer, has increased... . ...Read More

• MRPL likely to start selling pet coke from next week

  04 Apr 2014

  April 4: ONGC subsidiary Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), which had been delayi... . ...Read More

• CIL hikes Rajmahal coal prices

  04 Apr 2014

  April 4: State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) has hiked prices for coal produced from Rajmahal min... . ...Read More

• Madanpur North block de-allocated, further action on hold

  04 Apr 2014

  April 4: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), at its review meeting held about a month back, has dec... . ...Read More

• Coal India hikes price of certain grade of coal

  04 Apr 2014

  State-owned Coal IndiaBSE 0.50 % (CIL) has increased the price of a certain grade of coal from one... . ...Read More

• 40 firms in fray for three captive coal mines

  04 Apr 2014

    Around 40 steel, sponge iron and cement companies have so far purchased bid documents for... . ...Read More

• Reliance Power refutes AAP allegations on coal allotment for Sasan project

  04 Apr 2014

  Reliance Power Ltd (RPL) has refuted the allegations made by Aam Admi Party (Aap) and said all all... . ...Read More

• Central Mine Planning and Design Institute records all time high coal drilling

  04 Apr 2014

  Despite problems of law and order and forest clearance in the field of exploration, the Central Mi... . ...Read More