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• Big Rivers to idle 2 Kentucky coal power plants as smelters end deals

  24 Jan 2014

  Big Rivers Electric Corp said Thursday it would idle two coal-fired power plants in Kentucky due t... . ...Read More

• Union Pacific defies coal declines to beat forecasts

  24 Jan 2014

  Union Pacific on Thursday became the second rail freight network in two days to announce far stron... . ...Read More

• Slight softness in SA coal prices

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: Slight softness was witnessed in South African coal prices on January 21 amidst report... . ...Read More

• South African coal prices set to soften once again

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: South African coal prices, which had started firming up sharply from the second week o... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks edge up at Kolkata Port in Dec

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: Increased arrival from abroad amidst restricted despatches from the port lead to sligh... . ...Read More

• CIL appoints PwC to revise NIT on imported coal

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has asked PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to study the implications ... . ...Read More

• UltraTech Cement Q3 net profit drops 38.43%

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: UltraTech Cement Limited, the Aditya Birla Group flagship, reported a 38.43% drop in n... . ...Read More

• PTC India posts Rs 90.78-crore net in Q3

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: PTC India Ltd, a power trading solutions company, has posted a net profit of Rs 90.78 ... . ...Read More

• Indowind Energy posts net loss of Rs 0.99 crore in Q3

  22 Jan 2014

  January 22: Indowind Energy Ltd has posted a net loss of 0.99 crore during the quarter ended Decem... . ...Read More

• Gave all coal files to CBI, don’t even have copies, ministry tells PAC

  22 Jan 2014

  The coal ministry has told a parliamentary committee that it does not have any of the 800-odd orig... . ...Read More

• Green clearances for five Coal India projects postponed

  22 Jan 2014

  Environmental clearances for five major coal projects of Coal India that supply to NTPC’s th... . ...Read More

• Indian coal plants causing fog, pollution in Pakistan

  22 Jan 2014

  It is alarming that India is consuming 98% of the total 685 million tons of coal in South Asia, mo... . ...Read More

• Mongolian exports fall 2.6% in 2013 on coal decline

  22 Jan 2014

  Mongolia's export trade in 2013 fell 2.6 percent compared to the previous year as a result of ... . ...Read More

• China Coal, LNG Imports Rise to Record Highs on Winter Demand

  22 Jan 2014

  China’s imports of coal and liquefied natural gas rose to a record in December as the world&... . ...Read More

• Alberta is being urged to end its addiction to coal power

  22 Jan 2014

  Premier Alison Redford is being given some free advice that will save lives and money, while reduc... . ...Read More