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• Little change in international coal market sentiment

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: Spot prices of steam coal in international markets remained largely unchanged on Janua... . ...Read More

• Hindustan Newsprint floats NIT for 50,000 tons of imported coal

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL), a Government of India enterprise, has floated a not... . ...Read More

• Drummond disruptions major catalyst for firmness in Q1 pricing

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: The disruptions in loading from Colombia's Drummond mines following a government o... . ...Read More

• Buyers testing new levels on eve of Chinese New Year holidays

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: Buyers in international coal markets are testing new levels in anticipation of a sharp... . ...Read More

• Jaypee may conclude negotiations for 4 cargos by end of week

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: The Jaypee Group, which had recently floated an enquiry to procure four cape size carg... . ...Read More

• MoC plans to offer 4 blocks to power sector in first tranche

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: The Ministry of Coal (Mo) is planning to offer to the power sector a total of four coa... . ...Read More

• Asian, African coal imports via RBCT up 6.31% in 2013

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: Imports of coal from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by African a... . ...Read More

• SA coal exports to Atlantic nations via RBCT up 3.77% in Dec m-o-m

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: Imports of coal from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by Atlantic ... . ...Read More

• NTPC board clears investments in Darlipali plant

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: The board of directors of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has approv... . ...Read More

• IMC to hold washery rejects meet on Jan 29

  20 Jan 2014

  January 20: A meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), set up to formulate a policy on di... . ...Read More

• Panel mulls policy on coal rejects amid fuel shortage

  20 Jan 2014

  The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), set up to formulate a policy on coal rejects from washeries... . ...Read More

• SteelMin to CCI: Hive off coking coal from CIL

  20 Jan 2014

  In a blow to Coal India, the steel ministry is set to approach the Cabinet Committee on Investment... . ...Read More

• With CCI approval, Coal India on track to boost output by 50%

  20 Jan 2014

  With the CCI clearance, work has begun at some of the sites India’s rising coal imports, ... . ...Read More

• Coal mining, power and steel firms oppose coal block de-allotment

  20 Jan 2014

  Arguing that the letters allotting coal mines were not "innocuous friendly letters" but ... . ...Read More

• Why Investors Should Be Encouraged By the Outlook for Coal

  20 Jan 2014

  The past few years have seen a severe deterioration of the coal industry, as it nearly drowned und... . ...Read More