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• Coal linkage panel allows Lanco Babandh to ink fuel supply agreements with CIL

  24 Sep 2013

  Amid delays by some firms in inking of fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with Coal India, an inter-min... . ...Read More

• CBI may soon question Jindal in coal scam probe

  24 Sep 2013

  After a wait of over three months, the CBI is finally set to question industrialist and Congress M... . ...Read More

• Govt briefs SC of coal block allocations

  24 Sep 2013

  The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that out of 47 blocks allocated to private parties fro... . ...Read More

• Amid native protests, coal company cuts back from B.C. project until settlement reached

  24 Sep 2013

  Faced with an escalating protest by Tahltan band members Fortune Minerals Ltd. has cut short field... . ...Read More

• Coal India may go buyback way to meet divestment target

  24 Sep 2013

  Unable to get the support of its workers’ unions for a proposed follow-on-public offering (F... . ...Read More

• Greenpeace questions Coal India’s extractable reserves

  24 Sep 2013

  Environmental action group Greenpeace on Monday claimed that Coal India Ltd (CIL), the largest coa... . ...Read More

• RI weighs limit on coal-export terminals

  24 Sep 2013

  Indonesia may restrict the number of terminals allowed to export coal as it seeks to control shipm... . ...Read More

• Peabody says settlement offer for Patriot Coal retirees rejected

  24 Sep 2013

  Peabody Energy Corp (BTU.N), which created now-bankrupt Patriot Coal (PCXCQ.PK) through a spin-off... . ...Read More

• E.P.A. Rules on Emissions at Existing Coal Plants Might Give States Leeway

  24 Sep 2013

  Four years ago, Congress rejected the idea of a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon dioxide emis... . ...Read More

• Flat trend in spot coal prices

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Seaborne coal prices remained largely flat on September 20 amid subdued demand from ... . ...Read More

• Japan steelmaker sets Q4 contract for coking coal at $152/ton

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp set its October-December ... . ...Read More

• IR to increase rakes supply to CIL to 215 by Jan

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Indian Railways (IR), which currently supplies an average of 185 rakes to Coal India... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mormugao at 355,184 tons in August

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Imports of coking coal via Mormugao port stood at 355,184 tons during the month of A... . ...Read More

• Adani port shifts marine tariff rate to dollar

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has converted its marine tariff from th... . ...Read More

• Coal India trade unions defer strike

  23 Sep 2013

  The plan for a three-day strike in the mines of Coal India Ltd. (CIL) from September 23, to protes... . ...Read More