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• 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

• 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