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• New Zealand bails out stricken coal miner, bank lenders hit

  01 Oct 2013

  The New Zealand government said it will pump up to NZ$155 million ($128 million) into Solid Energy... . ...Read More

• Unions accept coal wage offer

  01 Oct 2013

  Trade unions, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Solidarity and Uasa, on Monday accepted and... . ...Read More

• Egypt to use coal to generate electricity, power factories

  01 Oct 2013

  Minister of Electricity Ahmed Imam said to be cost-effective, coal-powered electricity stations ha... . ...Read More

• Sideways movement in international coal markets

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: A side-ways trend continued in international spot coal prices on September 27 on con... . ...Read More

• HZL again in market to procure imported steam coal

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: Hindustan Zinc Ltd, a division of the Vedanta Group, has floated an enquiry to procu... . ...Read More

• Coal handling by 15 Indian ports falls 21.68% in August m-o-m

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30:  The total coal handling by 15 major and minor Indian ports during the month of... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at Indian power plants fall to 20.15 mt

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: After rising continuously from March-April this year and touching a peak of over 23 ... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks fall at Paradip port

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The total stocks of coking and steam coal at Paradip port on the eastern coast of In... . ...Read More

• Only fully explored blocks to be put up for auction

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The government has decided to offer only fully explored coal blocks for auction unde... . ...Read More

• New land Act is pro-people, but not anti-industry: Jairam

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, has said the new land acquisition Act is p... . ...Read More

• STC to diversify its import trading portfolio: CMD

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The State Trading Corporation of India (STC) is planning to diversify its import tra... . ...Read More

• CAD narrower than expected, wider quarter-on-quarter

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: India's current account deficit (CAD) was narrower than expected at $21.8 billio... . ...Read More

• Core sector index up 3.7 % y-o-y in August

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The index of eight core industries, which have a combined weight of 37.90% in the In... . ...Read More

• Fast-track rail projects to move 300 MT coal

  30 Sep 2013

  The country had to import a record 135 MT coal to meet domestic requirement last year. The demand-... . ...Read More

• Coal-hungry India must focus on logistics: Jaiswal

  30 Sep 2013

  Output from Coal India grew 2.7% while offtake has grown 4.7% in current fiscal that began in Apri... . ...Read More