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• India Opens Up Shale Gas Exploration Fracking With Coal Auction Policy Approval

  27 Sep 2013

  The Indian government has opened up shale gas exploration in the country and cleared the way for a... . ...Read More

• CIL opposes coal surplus policy, prefers cash payment

  27 Sep 2013

  State-owned Coal India (CIL) has refused to accept the proposed future supply obligation in the co... . ...Read More

• Vedanta keen on coal block auctions

  27 Sep 2013

  Vedanta Group is looking at coal mines in India to complete its portfolio.    Anil A... . ...Read More

• NTPC shuts two units in Talcher over coal shortage

  27 Sep 2013

  National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)'s Talcher Super Thermal Power Station authorities ha... . ...Read More

• Reserves reported in 2010 meet global standards: Coal India

  27 Sep 2013

  S Narsing Rao, CMD, Coal India  clears the accusation against the company by global activist ... . ...Read More

• CBI likely to start filing charge sheets in coal scam

  27 Sep 2013

  Nearly a year after registering its first FIR in the coal scam, CBI is likely to start filing char... . ...Read More

• How Not to Love Nature: Shove a Coal Plant Next to Earth’s Biggest Mangrove Forest

  27 Sep 2013

  Man-eating tigers have long provided the best defense for Bangladesh’s Sundarbans National P... . ...Read More

• US coal production falls 5.2% week on week in week ending Saturday

  27 Sep 2013

  US coal production, based on railroad car loading data, totaled about 19.3 million short tons duri... . ...Read More

• Coal and Climate Change

  27 Sep 2013

  In support of new Environmental Protection Agency regulations, your Sept. 23 editorial “An I... . ...Read More

• J-Power Plans to Start Japan Coal-Price Index to Cut Fuel Cost

  27 Sep 2013

  Electric Power Development Co. (9513), Japan’s largest thermal coal buyer, wants to start a ... . ...Read More

• South Africa coal producers and unions to resume talks on Monday

  27 Sep 2013

  South African coal producers and unions will meet again on Monday next week to try to hammer out w... . ...Read More

• China thermal coal futures make strong debut

  27 Sep 2013

  China's first thermal coal futures contract debuted as one of the most heavily traded contract... . ...Read More

• Australia says 47 coal-gas projects need environment assessments

  27 Sep 2013

  Australia's new government has ordered 47 major coal and coal seam gas projects to seek nati... . ...Read More

• EPA Issues New Source Rules, Separates Requirements for Coal and Gas-Fired Plants

  27 Sep 2013

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a long-awaited revised proposal for Clean Ai... . ...Read More

• Sasol Mining’s R14bn coal projects roll-out under way in Mpumalanga

  27 Sep 2013

  Coal miner Sasol Mining is in the process of replacing 60% of its coal production through four pro... . ...Read More