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• Asia coal prices climb toward $84 on winter restocking, supply worries

  29 Oct 2013

  * Newcastle coal prices strike 5-mth high on winter restocking * Chinese prices tick up; import... . ...Read More

• Despite environmentalists, coal is still king worldwide

  29 Oct 2013

  Despite huge gains made by environmentalists against the U.S. coal industry, the favorite stocking... . ...Read More

• PPP in coal is but one step forward

  29 Oct 2013

  We welcome the government's plan to have public private partnerships in coal mining. It is a s... . ...Read More

• Coming: Rail corridor in Odisha for evacuation of coal

  29 Oct 2013

  Project is part of a bigger, though much-delayed plan to invest Rs 7,000 cr in three rail lines to... . ...Read More

• CIL stake sale likely in Nov or Dec: Sriprakash Jaiswal

  29 Oct 2013

  The government today said the five per cent stake sale in state-owned Coal India (CIL) is likely t... . ...Read More

• Coal movement along Sandheads-Farakka stretch to begin shortly

  29 Oct 2013

  The much-awaited barge movement of imported coal from the Sandheads, the mouth of the Hooghly rive... . ...Read More

• Sical Logistics seeks thermal coal as alternative cargo

  29 Oct 2013

  Sical Logistics continues to explore opportunity to handle thermal coal at Ennore port as an... . ...Read More

• Coal-gate: the Parakh letter wars

  29 Oct 2013

  NDTV has accessed a trail of letters which show the extent to which MPs, MLAs and even the Coal Mi... . ...Read More

• CBI scrutinises PMO file on coal block allocation to Hindalco

  29 Oct 2013

  The CBI has started scrutinising the file received from the Prime Minister’s Office on coal ... . ...Read More

• Jharkhand distances itself from coal block allocation

  29 Oct 2013

  The Jharkhand government submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday distancing itself f... . ...Read More

• EPA gets ahead of itself, and technology, with coal rule

  29 Oct 2013

  With its proposed rule to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from future coal electric genera... . ...Read More

• Uncertainty and Investment: The Real Danger to the Coal Industry

  29 Oct 2013

  Supporters of coal have called the planned new rules from the EPA on CO2 emissions from coal-fired... . ...Read More

• Consol to sell 5 W.Va. mines as coal regulations increase

  29 Oct 2013

  Consol Energy Inc said on Monday it would sell five West Virginia coal mines to privately held Mur... . ...Read More

• 6 coal miners die in northern Spain after gas leak

  29 Oct 2013

  Six miners have died and five others have been injured after a gas leak at a coal mine in northern... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices inch up further amidst limited deals

  28 Oct 2013

  October 28: Spot prices of South Africa steam coal continued to remain firm in the international m... . ...Read More