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• Ennore Port to construct new coal berth for TANGEDCO

  15 Oct 2013

  Ennore Port Ltd, the entity that runs the Union government-owned port at Ennore in Tamil Nadu, wil... . ...Read More

• FARC guerrillas bomb railway of top Colombia coal miner Cerrejon

  15 Oct 2013

  Colombia's biggest coal producer, Cerrejon, said a bomb attack on its railway on Sunday partia... . ...Read More

• African Energy Resources acquires 2.4Bt tonne coal project in Botswana

  15 Oct 2013

    African Energy Resources (ASX:AFR) will lift its total coal resources to a massive 6.2 bi... . ...Read More

• Qld to fast-track coal permits

  15 Oct 2013

  Approval time for exploration permits for coal and mineral mining could be halved in Queensland un... . ...Read More

• Coal still in the running with natural gas

  15 Oct 2013

  Gas-fired generation continued to lose ground to coal for the month of September 2013 when compare... . ...Read More

• China mulls lifting coal export tax in 2014: paper

  15 Oct 2013

  China, the world's top producer and consumer of coal, is considering scrapping a 10 percent ta... . ...Read More

• Coal Slump Leaves Australia Port Half-Used, Lenders at Risk

  15 Oct 2013

  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) and Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC) are among len... . ...Read More

• Europe cutting back on green-energy “investments” while coal makes a comeback

  15 Oct 2013

  Once upon a yesteryear, various European and Asian governments as well as the United States seemed... . ...Read More

• Eskom cuts coal-haulage operating hours

  15 Oct 2013

  State-owned Eskom on Monday said it had cut back on its coal-hauling times on the back of a recent... . ...Read More

• Peabody idles Australian coal mine due to union dispute

  15 Oct 2013

  Peabody Energy said on Monday it had temporarily shut down operations at its Metropolitan coal min... . ...Read More

• Ontario Kills Coal, But Local Renewables Program Falters

  15 Oct 2013

  It was one of the most ambitious renewable energy programs in the world when it launched in 2009, ... . ...Read More

• International coal prices show some variations

  10 Oct 2013

  October 10: International coal prices showed some variations in price movements, traders told ICMW... . ...Read More

• VISL floats RFQ notice to procure 20,000 tons LAM coke

  10 Oct 2013

  October 10: Steel Authority of India Limited's (SAIL's) Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plan... . ...Read More

• Indian Railways H1 freight up 6.16% y-o-y

  10 Oct 2013

  October 10: Indian Railways (IR) carried 511.00 million tons (mt) of revenue earning freight traff... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Paradip drop sharply m-o-m in Sept

  10 Oct 2013

  October 10: Imports of steam coal through the port of Paradip in September 2013 dropped sharply to... . ...Read More