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• Thermal coal prices to drop further on oversupply, weak demand

  21 Mar 2014

  Thermal coal prices are likely to fall in 2014 as mining output increases in an already oversuppli... . ...Read More

• Coal Sliding as Australian Flood Boost Lost in Drought: Energy

  21 Mar 2014

  The drought across most of Australia’s Queensland state means coal producers are exporting r... . ...Read More

• American coal feeding European needs

  21 Mar 2014

  Two stories from either side of the Atlantic Ocean ably demonstrate the interrelations at play in ... . ...Read More

• Tete most favourable sub-Saharan Africa coal destination: Beacon Hill

  21 Mar 2014

  Mozambique’s Tete coalfield has the most potential for development over the next ten years, ... . ...Read More

• US coal carloads up 4.7% for the week, up 2.5% from 2013: AAR

  21 Mar 2014

  The number of coal carloads originated by US railroads for the week ending March 15 totaled 114,14... . ...Read More

• NC regulators again cite Duke Energy over coal ash

  21 Mar 2014

  They say Duke Energy deliberately pumped 61 million gallons of toxic coal ash waste into a canal t... . ...Read More

• Higher coal seam gas supply to hike gas prices in Australia

  21 Mar 2014

  Comparisons with the US are ill-founded when it comes to a comparison of domestic demand and produ... . ...Read More

• Shuttered coal plants seen cutting cost of carbon rules

  21 Mar 2014

  The cost of limiting power-plant emissions has fallen because cheap natural gas is already shutter... . ...Read More

• Coal mining versus UCG in Bangladesh

  21 Mar 2014

  Media reports say that the government is considering withdrawing the compulsory conditions for ins... . ...Read More

• Global coal prices turn weak on low demand

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Spot coal prices turned sharply down on extremely low enquiries and sufficient availabil... . ...Read More

• Neyveli to offer 0.2 mt raw lignite via coaljunction e-auction platform

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) will conduct a special e-auction for the sale of 2... . ...Read More

• Shree unlikely to immediately procure imported pet coke or US coal

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Shree Cements Ltd is unlikely to finalise any deal to procure imported pet coke or US st... . ...Read More

• Drop in China met coke prices may pose trouble for desi coke-makers

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: The Indian merchant coke manufacturers may face increased competition from imports due t... . ...Read More

• China unlikely to opt for low-grade imports ban

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Even as the possibility of China banning low-grade thermal coal imports renews market sp... . ...Read More

• Indian traders expect steam coal prices to remain range-bound

  20 Mar 2014

  March 20: Seaborne thermal coal prices are expected to remain range-bound despite periodic volatil... . ...Read More