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• Work at MCL mine normal: union

  13 Dec 2013

  December 13: Days after a violent protest plagued mining operations at Talcher field of Mahanadi C... . ...Read More

• IIP falls 1.8% in Oct

  13 Dec 2013

  December 13: India's index, industrial production (IIP) fell by 1.8% in October 2013 after gro... . ...Read More

• Govt shelves Coal India stake sale

  13 Dec 2013

    Faced with strong opposition from workers’ unions, the Centre has decided to shelve... . ...Read More

• CIL production growth likely at 5% in FY14

  13 Dec 2013

  The world’s largest coal miner, Kolkata-based Coal India Ltd (CIL), is likely to see its pro... . ...Read More

• 22 workers trapped underground in coal mine after gas explosion in western China

  13 Dec 2013

  A gas explosion has trapped 22 workers underground in a coal mine in western China. A government... . ...Read More

• Chinese imported thermal coal demand weakens as utility stocks pile up

  13 Dec 2013

  Several power utilities in China are already covered for their requirements in the run-up to the L... . ...Read More

• Qinhuangdao Port Drops on Debut on Coal-Demand Concerns

  13 Dec 2013

  Qinhuangdao Port Co. (3369), operator of the world’s biggest coal hub, dropped 6.3 percent i... . ...Read More

• Higher coal traffic boosts Eastern Railway freight earnings in November 13

  13 Dec 2013

  Eastern Railway achieved its highest-ever loading of freight traffic in November this year. It suc... . ...Read More

• Natural gas to overtake coal, says ExxonMobil

  13 Dec 2013

  Natural gas will overtake coal as a global energy source in the middle of the next decade, mainly ... . ...Read More

• Developing coal miner could have the answer to SA’s power problem

  13 Dec 2013

  With State-owned power utility Eskom declaring an emergency regulatory protocol last month, requir... . ...Read More

• Solar and wind power battle with coal in South Africa

  13 Dec 2013

  Africa is often portrayed as a victim of climate change, a continent that emits little carbon yet ... . ...Read More

• Arch Coal Raises $350 Million With Bonds to Fund Tender Offer

  13 Dec 2013

  Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) raised $350 million with an offering of secured notes as the coal producer pr... . ...Read More

• Another U.S. Public Funding Institution Will Get Out of Coal Power Plants: New Export-Import Bank Guidelines Adopted

  13 Dec 2013

  The Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (U.S. Ex-Im) has just voted to shift its funding out of c... . ...Read More

• Accelerated coal power phase out defeated in Lords

  13 Dec 2013

  The House of Lords has backed down in its stand-off with MPs over the speed at which coal-fired po... . ...Read More

• US Coal System No Longer Cost-Effective

  13 Dec 2013

  Aging and inefficient plants, competing energy sources, and the looming reality of climate change ... . ...Read More