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• Strong demand for G12 grade coal in Jan e-auction

  06 Feb 2014

  February 6: A strong demand was witnessed for G12 (GCV between 3,700 and 4,000 Kcal/kg) grade coal... . ...Read More

• G13 grade coal sees very poor demand in Jan e-auction

  06 Feb 2014

  February 6: Very poor demand was witnessed for G13 (GCV between 3,400 and 3,700 Kcal/kg) grade coa... . ...Read More

• Indian national elections casts cloud over coal MDO appointment, auctions

  06 Feb 2014

  India’s Coal Ministry was running out of time to get producer Coal India Limited (CIL) to ap... . ...Read More

• Centre puts captive coal block auction on hold

  06 Feb 2014

  The Centre has postponed the plan to auction five captive coal blocks, as it decided to seek the v... . ...Read More

• Coal Min seeks Rs 242cr bank guarantee from Tenughat Vidyut

  06 Feb 2014

  MG recommends that the allocatee may be permitted to continue holding the block only on submission... . ...Read More

• CBI to finalise six coal FIRs

  06 Feb 2014

  CBI is not close to finalising its probe in the Birla matter although it has questioned executives... . ...Read More

• Coal mine blasts triggered Bildwar cave collapse in Chhattisgarh

  06 Feb 2014

  Blasts at coal mines of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) carried out on a regular basis for... . ...Read More

• Huge quantity of coal unsold at Barapukuria in Bangladesh

  06 Feb 2014

  A huge quantity of coal lies stockpiled on the premises of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd in ... . ...Read More

• Low CIF ARA thermal coal spot prices threaten US export volumes: Peabody

  06 Feb 2014

  European-delivered CIF ARA thermal coal prices will need to increase significantly to incentivize ... . ...Read More

• Asian Panamax coal freight slides on sluggish market

  06 Feb 2014

  Panamax coal freight rates in the Pacific slipped Wednesday, as sentiment remained soft on low act... . ...Read More

• Iron Ore, Coal Prices Slump

  06 Feb 2014

  The price of iron ore has fallen 8.4 percent, according to data from Platts. Thermal coal prices f... . ...Read More

• Coal Industry in Structural Decline

  06 Feb 2014

  Arch Coal (ACI) reported a big loss for the fourth quarter of 2013, its eighth straight. The numbe... . ...Read More

• U.S. 2013 Electricity Demand Rose With More Coal Boosting Carbon

  06 Feb 2014

  Total U.S. electricity demand increased 1.4 percent last year, the first gain since 2010 and rever... . ...Read More

• US, State Officials Probe Coal Ash Spill in North Carolina River

  06 Feb 2014

  U.S. and North Carolina officials are investigating a spill of coal ash into the Dan River near Ed... . ...Read More

• Step right up, Big Coal, for America’s Big Coal Giveaway

  06 Feb 2014

  It’s bad enough that the federal government leases out public lands to private companies to ... . ...Read More