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• 12th unit of Vindhyachal STPS starts commercial ops

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: The 12th Unit (500 MW) of National Thermal Power Corporation of India Limited's Vind... . ...Read More

• Mineral production index at 136.5 in January

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: The index of mineral production of the mining and quarrying sector for the month of Janu... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mumbai down 63.20% in Feb m-o-m

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: Steam coal imports through the port of Mumbai decreased 63.20% to 194,278 tons in Februa... . ...Read More

• No coking coal imports via Ennore Port in Feb

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: There were no coking coal imports through the port of Ennore in February, as per informa... . ...Read More

• Govt sets up coal regulator to advise on fixing price

  27 Mar 2014

  The government had approved the decision to set up a regulator in June last year Months after d... . ...Read More

• Coal, power ministries slug it out over tapering linkages

  27 Mar 2014

  The coal and power ministries have once again locked horns over tapering linkage, making coal supp... . ...Read More

• JSW Steel sees flat coking coal imports in 2014-15

  27 Mar 2014

  JSW Steel, India's No. 3 steel maker, said it expects imports of metallurgical coal to stay fl... . ...Read More

• Russian coking coal miner Raspadskaya net loss quadrupled in 2013

  27 Mar 2014

  Russian coking coal producer Raspadskaya lost a net $126 million in 2013, quadrupled from a net lo... . ...Read More

• Metallurgical coal benchmark falls to 6-year low, says Doyle

  27 Mar 2014

  The benchmark coking coal contract for the second quarter fell to the lowest level in six years, p... . ...Read More

• CIL to hike coking coal prices by 10% from April

  27 Mar 2014

  Coal India Limited is planning to increase coking coal prices by 10% from April 1st 2014. A sen... . ...Read More

• EURO COAL-Physical falls further on expectations of more supply

  27 Mar 2014

  European physical coal prices declined further on Wednesday as traders expected Colombian coal exp... . ...Read More

• Glencore suspends Australia coal mine as market worsens

  27 Mar 2014

  Glencore Xstrata will suspend operations at its Ravensworth underground coal mine in Australia fol... . ...Read More

• Qinhuangdao Port coastal coal freights down, ending 5-week upward trend

  27 Mar 2014

  Freight rates for shipping coal from northern China's Qinhuangdao port to the other Chinese po... . ...Read More

• Poland asked for assistance in coal mining

  27 Mar 2014

    Polish trade delegation headed by Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, Deputy Minister of Commerce/Secre... . ...Read More

• Coal: About To Heat Up And Break Out?

  27 Mar 2014

  Coal has not been too hot of late, nor has it been hot over the past few years. The Market Vectors... . ...Read More