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• ICE Coal Futures climb 51% on-month to record 146.7 million mt

  03 Oct 2013

  The total coal traded and cleared on the ICE Futures platform rose for the second consecutive mont... . ...Read More

• Australia boosts mineral exports, but coal targets tough

  03 Oct 2013

  Australia forecast solid growth over the next five years for two of its biggest export earners, ir... . ...Read More

• Coal to Surpass Gas in Southeast Asia Power Boom, IEA Says

  03 Oct 2013

  Coal will replace natural gas as the dominant fuel for producing electricity in Southeast Asia as ... . ...Read More

• Kenya seeks investors to build coal, natural gas power plants

  03 Oct 2013

  Kenya has invited bids from investors for the development of two power plants with a combined outp... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto to Sell Closed Coal Mine

  03 Oct 2013

  Rio Tinto is poised to sell its Blair Athol coal mine in eastern Australia to Linc Energy Ltd., in... . ...Read More

• German Power’s Rebound Seen Ending on Coal Slide

  03 Oct 2013

  The gains that drove German power prices to their first quarterly advance in more than two years a... . ...Read More

• Big Coal buries Obama’s renewable-friendly energy regulator

  03 Oct 2013

  Anybody casting an eye down the desolate hallway of a furloughed federal department might conclude... . ...Read More

• Is coal port money fueling Republicans’ campaigns?

  03 Oct 2013

  Promoters of a giant coal export terminal, proposed for north of Bellingham, have given $40,000 to... . ...Read More

• Britain seen putting off subsea coal gasification projects

  03 Oct 2013

  Plans to burn Britain's large reserves of coal to produce gas for power plants may wait for ye... . ...Read More

• Coal prices firm up amidst restricted deals

  01 Oct 2013

  October 1: Spot coal prices of South African and Australian origin firmed up sharply on September ... . ...Read More

• IMC refuses to extend tapering linkages to five power plants

  01 Oct 2013

  October 01: The third meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC), for considering issues rel... . ...Read More

• S C Pandey takes over as Director (Projects), NTPC

  01 Oct 2013

  October 1: S C Pandey, on October 1, took over as Director (Projects) of NTPC Ltd, replacing B P S... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via New Mangalore fall 85.71% in Aug

  01 Oct 2013

  October 1: Steam coal imports through the port of New Mangalore stood at 84,712 tons in August 201... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via New Mangalore fall 74.62% in Aug

  01 Oct 2013

  October 1: Coking coal imports through the port of New Mangalore stood at 14,500 tons in August 20... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via New Mangalore down 37.89% in Aug m-o-m

  01 Oct 2013

  October 1: Met coke imports through the port of New Mangalore stood at 37,455 tons in August 2013,... . ...Read More