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• Rio Tinto copper, iron ore, coal output rising after strong Q3

  16 Oct 2013

  Global miner Rio Tinto boosted its forecast copper output for 2013 after a better-than-expected re... . ...Read More

• Consol’s Unexpectedly Strong Showing In Coal

  16 Oct 2013

  Consol EnergyCNX got investors and analysts buzzing by raising the possibility of splitting its ga... . ...Read More

• No royalty relief as Rio opens expanded Qld coal mine

  16 Oct 2013

  Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls says he will not be axing state-based mining royalty hikes, ev... . ...Read More

• Southland coal looks set to stay in the hole

  16 Oct 2013

  Coal activists are cheering today at the news that Solid Energy and GLT Ltd are mothballing the ... . ...Read More

• Coal’s Slump Leaves Czech Town Facing Mass Unemployment

  16 Oct 2013

  Most mornings, Lubomir Nevrly drives past a forest of grimy chimneys and steel-mill towers spewing... . ...Read More

• Restricted movement in international coal prices

  15 Oct 2013

  October 15: International coal prices moved in a restricted manner in absence of major enquiries, ... . ...Read More

• Asian, African coal import falls 0.49% in Sept via RBCT

  15 Oct 2013

  October 15: The import of coal from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by Africa... . ...Read More

• Bewildering Indian policies fuel needless coal imports

  15 Oct 2013

  Tata Power's (TTPW.NS) 1,050 Megawatt power station in Jharkhand is a textbook case of the abs... . ...Read More

• Coal to surpass oil as top global fuel by 2020 - Woodmac

  15 Oct 2013

  Coal will surpass oil as the key fuel for the global economy by 2020 despite government efforts to... . ...Read More

• PSPCL succumbs to pressure from coal supplier

  15 Oct 2013

  Succumbing to pressure by the coal supplier, the cash-strapped Punjab State Power Corporation Limi... . ...Read More

• Sales of surplus coal from captive mines to get a leg-up

  15 Oct 2013

  Power companies such as Jindal Power, Adani, Sterlite and Essar Power could soon be allowed to div... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry to seek CCEA nod for supply to power projects

  15 Oct 2013

  The Coal Ministry has decided to approach the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to allow fuel ... . ...Read More

• The World Bank will fund coal only in rare cases: Ashish Khanna

  15 Oct 2013

  The World Bank recently grabbed headlines globally over an announcement that many believed signall... . ...Read More

• Policy on underground coal gasification likely soon

  15 Oct 2013

  The government is likely to come out with a policy on underground coal gasification soon, accordin... . ...Read More

• Coal block auction likely in December

  15 Oct 2013

  The first ever auction of coal blocks to the private sector is likely to take place in December as... . ...Read More