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• Notices served on 9 firms for coal block development failure

  31 Dec 2013

  The coal ministry on Monday served show-cause notices to Reliance Power, Essar and Hindalco for fa... . ...Read More

• Bumi Resources buys 3 smaller coal miners via debt deals: Jakarta Globe

  31 Dec 2013

  Bumi Resources, a coal miner controlled by the Bakrie Group, acquired three smaller coal miners th... . ...Read More

• US coal production up 5.5% year on year in week ended December 21: EIA

  31 Dec 2013

  US coal production totaled about 19.5 million st in the week ended December 21, 3.1% above the pre... . ...Read More

• Britain shrugs off EU curbs on coal plants despite looming threat of blackouts

  31 Dec 2013

    The United Kingdom will not challenge the European Union’s environmental rules whic... . ...Read More

• Report confirms government effort to alter coal job loss estimates

  31 Dec 2013

  The Obama administration tried to edit a report on new coal regulations to lower analysts’ e... . ...Read More

• Canadian Coal Down but Not yet Completely Out

  31 Dec 2013

  As domestic use declines, will Canadian coal find new Asian export markets?   In a world ... . ...Read More

• Mega-ton coal liquefaction project approved in Inner Mongolia

  31 Dec 2013

  An indirect coal-to-liquid (CTL) project with a yearly output of 2 million tonnes in north China h... . ...Read More

• Manitoba bans coal, petroleum coke heating, incentivizes biomass

  31 Dec 2013

  Manitoba’s petroleum coke and coal heating ban is set to go into effect with the new year, a... . ...Read More

• Coking coal turns weak post settlement of Q1 rates

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: Coking coal prices slipped sharply in limited deals on December 27 in the aftermath o... . ...Read More

• IOCL starts loading of pet coke via rakes from Koyali

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) started despatches of petroleum coke through railwa... . ...Read More

• Marginal rise in domestic pet coke loading in November

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: The loading of petroleum coke (fuel grade) rakes by major Indian refineries in Novemb... . ...Read More

• Shree Cement looking to sign imported pet coke deal in January

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: Shree Cement Ltd, India's leading cement maker, is looking to negotiate with refi... . ...Read More

• Coal imports via Mundra Port down for 2 consecutive weeks

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: Lesser demand from the power and steel sectors resulted in a sharp fall in coal impor... . ...Read More

• Subdued trend in coal demand, prices

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: Coal demand from the domestic market remained subdued amid the holiday cheer during t... . ...Read More

• BCCL signs contract with ACB India for Dahibari

  30 Dec 2013

  December 30: After a prolonged delay, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) has signed the contract agreem... . ...Read More