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• Yanzhou free to take control of coal assets

  12 Dec 2013

  Less than a fortnight after blocking a foreign takeover for grains group GrainCorp, Treasurer Joe ... . ...Read More

• Coal in the Global Energy Landscape

  12 Dec 2013

  An abundant, affordable energy resource, coal provides 30 percent of the world’s energy, 41 ... . ...Read More

• Railway strikes in Korea may affect shipments of cement and coal

  12 Dec 2013

    According to local news, the rail worker’s union strike in Seoul, Korea, has result... . ...Read More

• Coal port plan will kill Great Barrier Reef: Activists

  12 Dec 2013

  Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia's approval for an Indian firm to expand a majo... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices rally continues

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11: Spot prices of South African steam coal advanced further on December 10 on higher Eur... . ...Read More

• CIL to challenge CCI order

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11: Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world's single largest coal miner, will challenge the o... . ...Read More

• Railways carry 84.31 mt of freight in Nov, up 2.5% m-o-m

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11:  Indian Railways (IR) carried 84.31 million tons (mt) of revenue-earning freight... . ...Read More

• Govt frames draft policy on surplus coal from captive blocks

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11: The government has formulated a draft policy on usage of surplus coal, including midd... . ...Read More

• Three ports partially affected by cyclone Madi

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11: Normal operations at three major and minor ports on the eastern coast of India were p... . ...Read More

• Waiting period for vessels at New Mangalore Port rises

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11: The waiting period for vessels at New Mangalore Port has risen to some extent in rece... . ...Read More

• MoC Director, Technical nominated to 2 allocation panels

  11 Dec 2013

  December 11: The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through an official communiqué, has informed that ... . ...Read More

• Coal India penalized for misusing monopoly

  11 Dec 2013

  Charges include supplying low-quality coal, preferring other state-owned companies over private bu... . ...Read More

• U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut

  11 Dec 2013

  U.S. power companies have shut or converted about 16,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power plants... . ...Read More

• Coal Prices May Run Out of Steam

  11 Dec 2013

  Asian Buyers Have Pushed Prices Up Amid Seasonal Stockpiling Thermal-coal prices may be running... . ...Read More

• The many prices of coal decoded

  11 Dec 2013

  A special early excerpt from the forthcoming Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2013 The IEA will p... . ...Read More