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• Bill Koch: The U.S. coal industry “has kind of died”

  19 Mar 2014

  William Koch, also known as the other Koch brother, has ditched the business that helped make him ... . ...Read More

• Kentucky coal-ash dumping tracked by hidden cameras

  19 Mar 2014

  Environmental groups announced their intent to sue a Kentucky coal-ash plant for “unabated&r... . ...Read More

• North Carolina coal ash investigation widens as grand jury convenes

  19 Mar 2014

  A federal grand jury planned to convene on Tuesday as part of a widening criminal investigation tr... . ...Read More

• Coal-based ventures: Chinese firm eyes up to four plants at Gadani Power Park

  19 Mar 2014

  A Chinese company has expressed keen interest in setting up power plants with a total production c... . ...Read More

• Montana Land Board approves coal-mine expansion

  19 Mar 2014

  Montana's Land Board approved an expansion of an underground coal mine north of Billings that ... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at V.O. Chidambaranar Port up 27.96% in Feb m-o-m

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Coal handling at V.O. Chidambaranar Port stood at 572,000 tons during of February 2014, ... . ...Read More

• Mixed trends seen in international coal markets

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Spot coal prices moved both ways in international markets on March 17 as they inched up ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal, met coke prices may slide further

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Prices of coking coal and metallurgical coke are expected to slide further from the curr... . ...Read More

• Lower demand pulls down coal imports though Kakinada Port

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Lower demand and policy decisions have pulled down coal imports through Kakinada Port, a... . ...Read More

• MCL gets Green nod for Bhubaneswari project expansion

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), recently re... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Ennore Port falls 16.87% in Feb m-o-m

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Coal handling at Ennore Port stood at 1,789,000 tons during February 2014, down 16.87% f... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Cochin Port at 617 tons in February

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: Coal handling at V.O. Chidambaranar Port stood at 572,000 tons during of February 2014, ... . ...Read More

• Pet coke exports via Chennai Port at mere 1 ton in Feb

  18 Mar 2014

  March 18: There were no pet coke exports through Chennai Port in February while in January these w... . ...Read More

• This critical coal event is back on

  18 Mar 2014

  There's an eerie silence in the coal market right now. Trading sources like Platts are repo... . ...Read More

• The economic impacts of future coal production in West Virginia

  18 Mar 2014

  Last month colleagues and I published a paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters, focus... . ...Read More