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• Coal-related chemical spill prompts state of emergency in West Virginia

  10 Jan 2014

  West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency for nine counties Thursday night... . ...Read More

• Further softness in SA, Australian steam coal prices

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Spot steam coal prices of South African and Australian origin softened further on low d... . ...Read More

• CIL to float fresh tender to select agency for imported coal

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which did not receive even a single response against its notice i... . ...Read More

• NTPC likely to place order for 7.25 mt imported coal soon

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: NTPC Ltd is likely to place orders with suppliers selected through a global tendering p... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp to take legal step against Bikram block de-allocation

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Birla Corporation Limited is in the process of taking legal steps against the de-alloca... . ...Read More

• NTPC again under MoC scanner

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has served two more notices to National Thermal Power Corpor... . ...Read More

• K C Samal new Director (Finance), at NALCO

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: K C Samal has assumed the office of Director (Finance) at National Aluminium Company Li... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Kolkata drop 24.64% m-o-m in Dec

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Steam coal imports through the port of Kolkata dropped 24.64% to 60,326 tons in Decembe... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Kolkata drop 33% m-o-m in December

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Coking coal imports through the port of Kolkata port dropped by 33% to 402,100 tons in ... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via Kolkata port rise 24.79% in Dec m-o-m

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata rose 24.79% to 22,122 tons in December 201... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Kolkata rise to 620 tons in Dec

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Pet coke imports via Kolkata port more than doubled rose to 620 tons in December 2013 a... . ...Read More

• PCI coal imports via Kolkata increase 13.45% in Dec m-o-m

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: PCI coal imports through the port of Kolkata rose by 13.45% to 56,085 tons in December ... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports via Kolkata down 21.69% in Dec m-o-m

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Kolkata stood at 15,630 tons in December 20... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Kolkata drop to 134 tons in Dec m-o-m

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Import volumes of gypsum via Kolkata dropped to 134 tons in December 2013 against 156 t... . ...Read More

• Dec pet coke exports via Vizag show huge drop

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Pet coke exports through the port of Vizag dropped drastically to a mere 15,000 tons in... . ...Read More