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• 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

• Cameron promises to help save UK coal producer

  04 Apr 2014

  The British government will do everything it can to help save the country's biggest coal produ... . ...Read More

• Power stations switch to gas, but coal stays on the menu

  04 Apr 2014

  Power utilities American Electric Power Co and Southern Co say the U.S. needs to keep coal in the ... . ...Read More

• Colorado coal takes a dive in 2013, lowest production in 20 years

  04 Apr 2014

  Colorado coal production –- hobbled by mine closures and a decline in demand for power p... . ...Read More

• Coal companies pivot east in struggle against cheap U.S. exports

  04 Apr 2014

  The nation's coal mining companies suffered major losses last year as cheap U.S coal expor... . ...Read More

• Air pollutants from biomass burning exceeds coal

  04 Apr 2014

  Facilities burning biomass emit more air pollutants, including carbon dioxide, per megawatt-hour t... . ...Read More

• U.S. grain shippers will ‘get hammered’ by coal, oil exports

  04 Apr 2014

  Grain shippers in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States are getting poor rail service ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal firms up in lacklustre global markets

  03 Apr 2014

  April 3: A lacklustre trend prevailed in international coal markets on April 2 even as coking coal... . ...Read More

• Met coke prices seen firming up marginally

  03 Apr 2014

  April 3: Prices of metallurgical (met) coke are likely to firm up a bit after witnessing their ste... . ...Read More

• Saurashtra Fuels exports met coke to Pakistan

  03 Apr 2014

  April 3: Saurashtra Fuels Ltd, India's largest merchant metallurgical coke maker, has recently... . ...Read More

• Saurashtra Fuels ties up with US firm to set up power plant

  03 Apr 2014

  April 3: Saurashtra Fuels Ltd, India's leading metallurgical coke-maker, has entered into coll... . ...Read More

• CMOAI peeved over lack of progress on PRP

  03 Apr 2014

  April 3: About a month has passed since the Coal Mine Officers Association of India (CMOAI) deferr... . ...Read More

• Coal import via Kandla Port up 49.6% y-o-y in 2013-14

  03 Apr 2014

  April 3: Coal imports via Kandla Port increased 49.6% to 6.08 million tons (mt) in 2013-14 compare... . ...Read More