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• Kenya: 22 Firms Battle for Coal and Gas Tenders

  29 Jan 2014

  COMPETITIVE feed-in tariff proposals will be the "bottom line" in awarding contracts for... . ...Read More

• Three Queensland coal terminals halt shipments on cyclone threat

  29 Jan 2014

  Three shipping terminals for coal exports in the Australian state of Queensland suspended shipment... . ...Read More

• Southern Co says Kemper coal plant costs still climbing

  29 Jan 2014

  Southern Co will take a $25 million charge in the 2013 fourth quarter as the cost for its coal-gas... . ...Read More

• India seeks long-term coal supply pact with Australia

  29 Jan 2014

  India sees Australia as a potential source of coal supply as the two countries forge collaborative... . ...Read More

• Softness continues in international coal prices

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Spot prices of steam coal in the international markets continued to remain soft on Jan... . ...Read More

• RBI raises repo rates by 25 bps, CRR unchanged

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan again surprised the markets and raised the key po... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mumbai up 42.51% in Dec m-o-m

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Steam coal imports through the port of Mumbai increased considerably to 444,676 tons i... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mundra up 0.93% in Dec m-o-m

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Steam coal imports through the port of Mundra rose 0.93% to 1,359,755 tons in December... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mundra surge m-o-m in Dec

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Coking coal imports through Mundra Port during December 2013 rose almost 4.7 times to ... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Mundra sharply up in Dec m-o-m

  28 Jan 2014

  January 28: Imports of gypsum through Mundra port stood at 1,066 tons in December 2013, sharply up... . ...Read More

• Coal hope for NTPC project

  28 Jan 2014

  State power minister Manish Gupta has assured the NTPC that the government will arrange for coal s... . ...Read More

• India to forge ties with Australia, New Zealand in mines, coal

  28 Jan 2014

  India is likely to forge pacts with Australia and New Zealand to strengthen cooperation in mining ... . ...Read More

• Coal India Ltd to produce synthetic gas in two blocks

  28 Jan 2014

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) is set to enter synthetic coal gas production with plans to start development... . ...Read More

• South Africa offers coal to Punjab for thermal plants

  28 Jan 2014

  South Africa has extended support to the Punjab government for providing coal for its thermal plan... . ...Read More

• Don’t believe the hype: China’s coal problem is still a problem

  28 Jan 2014

  New fossil energy output in China, most of it coal, exceeded new wind energy by six times and sola... . ...Read More