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• Drop in CIL’s coal output likely to drag down IIP

  07 Nov 2013

  Just when the government was betting on an industrial recovery based on robust core sector growth ... . ...Read More

• Three-day strike at Coal India to coincide with FPO

  07 Nov 2013

  Employees' unions at Coal India have decided to advance their proposed three-day strike so tha... . ...Read More

• Carbon capture and storage—the Edsel of energy policies

  07 Nov 2013

  The war on climate change has produced many dubious “innovations.” Intermittent wind a... . ...Read More

• Only coal has a truly world-based pricing system

  07 Nov 2013

  As I already noted in several articles, WTI grade oil at less than $100 a barrel is something of a... . ...Read More

• Metallurgical, or coking, coal exports expected to decline

  07 Nov 2013

  Overseas demand for coal used in steelmaking is expected to grow by more than 30 percent in the ne... . ...Read More

• New buying patterns flummox coal

  07 Nov 2013

  Some are calling it a "war on coal." Others suggest that coal is being permanently displ... . ...Read More

• Weaker coal prices hit Adaro’s revenues

  07 Nov 2013

  Adaro Energy, Indonesia’s second-biggest coal producer, booked a 47 percent decline in net i... . ...Read More

• Whitehaven Coal ramps up production while New Hope and Anglo cut costs

  07 Nov 2013

  At the recent Whitehaven Coal Annual General Meeting, a diverse group of protestors (including a f... . ...Read More

• Is Poland’s coal and climate summit outrageous or irrelevant?

  07 Nov 2013

  World Coal meeting set to discuss future, but science and policymakers may have sealed the polluti... . ...Read More

• Norway’s $800bn sovereign fund could ditch coal investments

  07 Nov 2013

  The fund is already banned from investing in weaponry, tobacco or corrupt companies, so coal would... . ...Read More

• Queensland to offer coal incentives

  07 Nov 2013

  The Newman government will today announce incentives for coal mines in the remote Galilee Basin us... . ...Read More

• Lower grade SA coal prices firm up

  06 Nov 2013

  November 6: With an increasing number of consumers, including Indian, looking to buy low grade Sou... . ...Read More

• Pig iron producer plans to sell BF slag to cement maker

  06 Nov 2013

  November 6: A leading pig iron producer based out of Andhra Pradesh plans to offer around 200,000 ... . ...Read More

• Good demand in Oct e-auction on coaljunction platform

  06 Nov 2013

  November 6: Good demand was witnessed for the offerings of coal from the Singareni Collieries Comp... . ...Read More

• Higher realisations for SCCL offering in Oct spot e-auction

  06 Nov 2013

  November 6: A good demand was witnessed for the coal offered by Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (... . ...Read More