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• 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

• India drafts policy for surplus coal from captive blocks

  11 Dec 2013

     The Indian government has finalised a draft policy to use surplus coal from captive... . ...Read More

• Time Running Out for Midwest Coal

  11 Dec 2013

  Abundant natural gas, cost declines for renewables, and tight regulations from the Environmental P... . ...Read More

• NSW coal mine to shed 90 jobs

  11 Dec 2013

  In a statement this morning, Gujarat Chairman Jasbir Singh announced the company would reduce its ... . ...Read More

• Australia approves dredging near Barrier Reef for coal port

  11 Dec 2013

  Australia approved on Tuesday major dredging work to expand a coal shipping port adjacent to the G... . ...Read More

• EBRD energy strategy to focus on efficiency, less coal

  11 Dec 2013

  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will focus on energy efficiency and re... . ...Read More

• SA, Australian coal prices firm up again

  10 Dec 2013

  December 10: Spot prices of South African and Australian steam coal firmed up sharply on December ... . ...Read More