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• Indonesia warned of consequences of massive coal exploitation

  13 Mar 2014

  Environmental preservation activists on Wednesday warned Indonesia of an unbearable cost to its fu... . ...Read More

• Give Eskom better coal or face regulation, miners told

  13 Mar 2014

  THE Department of Public Enterprises has said the mining sector has two options when it comes to E... . ...Read More

• Panamax coal freight rates steady, but on shaky ground

  13 Mar 2014

  The Panamax coal freight market was mostly flat, with tonnage leaving the Pacific to pick up grain... . ...Read More

• Judge in Seattle allows coal train case to proceed

  13 Mar 2014

  A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit over coal trains to proceed against BNSF... . ...Read More

• 18 coal permits have lapsed at Ohio EPA

  13 Mar 2014

  Eighteen coal facilities in Ohio are operating with expired pollution-discharge permits under an a... . ...Read More

• NC utilities chairman to testify in coal ash probe

  13 Mar 2014

  North Carolina's top utilities regulator has been subpoenaed as part of the broadening crimina... . ...Read More

• Freezing cold put coal, natural gas plants in a crunch in January, ERCOT says

  13 Mar 2014

    Coal and natural gas power plants were more likely to fail during the cold snap that hit ... . ...Read More

• Italian judge shuts down coal plant blamed for more than 400 deaths

  13 Mar 2014

  The toxic emissions spewing from a coal-fired plant in northern Italy are responsible for at least... . ...Read More

• Drummond to resume coal exports from Colombia on March 24

  13 Mar 2014

  Colombia's government will let US-based Drummond Co, the country’s second largest coal p... . ...Read More

• Mixed trends in international coal markets

  12 Mar 2014

  March 12: Mixed trends were visible in the spot international coal market with prices in South Afr... . ...Read More

• Pet coke despatches by refineries up in February

  12 Mar 2014

  March 12: Loading of petroleum coke (fuel grade) by major Indian refineries in February 2014 stood... . ...Read More

• VISL bid submission date for 10,000 tons MAM coke extended

  12 Mar 2014

  March 12: Steel Authority of India Limited’s Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (VISL), whi... . ...Read More

• OPGCL get environment nod for Manoharpur coal block

  12 Mar 2014

  March 12: Orissa Power Generation Corporation Limited  (OPGCL) has received the environment c... . ...Read More

• India’s CAD to rise 2.7% of GDP in 2014-15: CRISIL

  12 Mar 2014

  March 12: India’s current account deficit (CAD) is expected to rise to 2.7% of the GDP in 20... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Ennore up 7.22% in Feb m-o-m

  12 Mar 2014

  March 12: Imports of non-coking coal through Ennore Port stood at 1,046,722 tons during February 2... . ...Read More