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• Rail breakthrough for GVK coal plans

  25 Nov 2013

  GVK Hancock and Aurizon have been in talks for months about building rail corridors from GVK's... . ...Read More

• Tepco, Mitsubishi plan coal-fired power plants at Fukushima: Sources

  25 Nov 2013

  The operator of Japan's wrecked nuclear plant and three Mitsubishi group firms plan to build a... . ...Read More

• Japan replacing Fukushima nuclear power with coal power

  25 Nov 2013

  Tokyo Electric Power Co will tie up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsubis... . ...Read More

• Coal loses more ground to natural gas

  25 Nov 2013

  As an economic summit in Eastern Kentucky approaches, two new reports illustrate the continued... . ...Read More

• China’s new cap on coal use could hurt viability of proposed local coal terminals

  25 Nov 2013

  The proposed construction of a new coal terminal at Fraser Surrey Docks is drawing the ire of envi... . ...Read More

• Indon firm to supply coal to Cebu plants

  25 Nov 2013

  AN INDONESIAN FIRM has bagged the contract to supply coal to the 109.3-megawatt (MW) Cebu thermal ... . ...Read More

• International coal prices rise further amidst limited deals

  22 Nov 2013

  November 22: In line with the trend seen during the past, spot coal prices in international market... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mormugao up 58.6% in Oct m-o-m

  22 Nov 2013

  November 22: Import of coking coal via Mormugao port stood at 701,308 tons during the month of Oct... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Mormugao port fall 40.1% in Oct m-o-m

  22 Nov 2013

  November 22: Import of pet coke via Mormugao port stood at 42,190 tons during the month of October... . ...Read More

• Nabha Power floats EoI for procuring 0.1 mt domestic non-coking coal

  22 Nov 2013

  November 22: Nabha Power Limited (NPL) has floated an expression of interest (EoI) notice to procu... . ...Read More

• Demand to drive up coal prices: Glencore

  22 Nov 2013

  Thermal coal prices would rise in the medium term as current prices forced many producers to expor... . ...Read More

• Coal India to appoint agency to import coal

  22 Nov 2013

  State-run Coal India said it will soon appoint an agency to import coal for its consumers even tho... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry panel cancels award of 11 captive blocks

  22 Nov 2013

  The coal ministry on Thursday decided to de-allocate 11 captive coal blocks including three mines ... . ...Read More

• Issues in the coal sector are beyond allocation and auction

  22 Nov 2013

  The coal situation in India reminds me of the famous line, "Water, water, everywhere, but not... . ...Read More

• May import 16 MT coal in FY14: NTPC

  22 Nov 2013

  NTPC chairman Arup Roy Choudhury told CNBC-TV18 that in the second half of FY14, availability of f... . ...Read More