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• Powder River Basin: Coal on the move

  09 Dec 2013

  No other coal deposit on the planet is so big, so close to the surface, and so cheap to mine as th... . ...Read More

• UK: No New Funding for Coal-Fired Power Stations Abroad

  09 Dec 2013

  British taxpayers' money will no longer be used to build coal-fired power stations in developi... . ...Read More

• Tighes Hill residents concerned about coal industry

  09 Dec 2013

  The local Tighes Hill action group says of the more than 200 people already questioned, nearly all... . ...Read More

• Steve Cawood: No better work force than Appalachian coal miners

  09 Dec 2013

  Harry Caudill wrote Night Comes to the Cumberlands before the coal boom of the 1970s and '80s,... . ...Read More

• Is There a Future for Coal?

  09 Dec 2013

    Over the past two years, coal miners have had a tough time. Fracking and horizontal drill... . ...Read More

• Chinese Coal Use to Hit 4.8 Billion Metric Tons Annually by 2020

  09 Dec 2013

  As the rest of the world moves away from using coal as an energy source due to its high emission o... . ...Read More

• Kenya Will Offer 31 Coal Blocks After Accord With China’s Fenxi

  09 Dec 2013

    Kenya plans to sign a concession accord this week with Fenxi Mining Industry Co. of China... . ...Read More

• Lured by cheap coal, Southeast Asia turns away from gas

  09 Dec 2013

  Southeast Asia's power sector will tilt away from gas to use more coal by the end of this deca... . ...Read More

• Current CFR pet coke price not viable for Indian consumers

  06 Dec 2013

  December 6: The current landed cost of imported petroleum coke (fuel grade) of around $100-104 per... . ...Read More

• Global coal prices largely unchanged

  06 Dec 2013

  December 6: Spot price of coal in the international markets remained largely unchanged, but South ... . ...Read More

• Sharp fall in India’s Nov coal imports from South Africa

  06 Dec 2013

  December 6: India’s coal imports from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT)... . ...Read More

• South Africa’s October coal exports fall 16.58% m-o-m

  06 Dec 2013

  December 6: After registering a 30.55% increase in October on the back of an 8% and 16.21% decline... . ...Read More

• China’s Nov coal imports from South Africa down 15.91% m-o-m

  06 Dec 2013

  December 5: After registering a 9.48% month-on-month rise in October, China’s coal imports f... . ...Read More

• Current CFR pet coke price not viable for Indian consumers

  06 Dec 2013

  December 6: The current landed cost of imported petroleum coke (fuel grade) of around $100-104 per... . ...Read More

• Shree Cement-RIL pet coke negotiations yet to conclude

  06 Dec 2013

  December 6: There is no progress so far on negotiations for supply of petroleum coke (fuel grade) ... . ...Read More