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• Port developments on hold as coal price continues to fall

  04 Oct 2013

  MARKET conditions may stop the construction of controversial coal ports on the Queensland coast, w... . ...Read More

• Coal miners suffer as U.S. production of natural gas increases

  04 Oct 2013

  Anyone old enough to remember the gas lines of the 1970s during the Arab oil embargo might be surp... . ...Read More

• Environmental Groups Expect Coal Ash Rules After Ruling

  04 Oct 2013

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could resume rulemaking for the disposal of toxic coal ... . ...Read More

• Coal Use Falling, Proof of Progress to Low-Carbon Future

  04 Oct 2013

  Although it is easy to get caught up in the vastness of the volume of fossil fuels we continue to ... . ...Read More

• Coal 3 lock-in is driven by BEE interests at expense of people

  04 Oct 2013

  You would think we would have learnt a lesson or two from total dependence on coal. The fuel provi... . ...Read More

• Struggling New Zealand coal miner posts big loss

  04 Oct 2013

  New Zealand's biggest coal miner announced a gaping loss Friday as it struggled against lower ... . ...Read More

• Hampton Roads coal exports jump 21.4% in September: association data

  04 Oct 2013

  Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region were mixed in September, down 2... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto sells shuttered Australian thermal coal mine, eyes selling another

  04 Oct 2013

  Rio Tinto Coal Australia has started its coal assets disposal program with the sale of the coal pr... . ...Read More

• Coal savings with direct action

  04 Oct 2013

  THE coal industry could save $800 million across five years to 2020 through the shift from the c... . ...Read More

• Slight softness in Indonesian coal prices

  03 Oct 2013

  October 3: The indicative spot Indonesian coal prices softened slightly on October 2 amidst absenc... . ...Read More

• SAIL floats global tender to procure hard coking coal

  03 Oct 2013

  October 3: The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has floated a notice inviting tender (NIT) ... . ...Read More

• Essar Power delays imported coal procurement

  03 Oct 2013

  October 3: Essar Power Limited, which had floated an enquiry to procure 300,000 tons of imported c... . ...Read More

• RIL rolls over pet coke price for October loading

  03 Oct 2013

  October 3: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India's largest petroleum coke maker, has kept the b... . ...Read More

• Pet coke prices seen soft on lack of demand

  03 Oct 2013

  October 3: Cement makers in India expect domestic as well as imported prices of petroleum coke to ... . ...Read More

• Essar Energy to exit Kenya Petroleum Refineries

  03 Oct 2013

  October 3: Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, has announced that it in... . ...Read More