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• Coal India - August production/offtake weaken on seasonality

  09 Sep 2013

  CIL's August'13 production/offtake declined 3%/9% MoM to 31.7mt/35.1mt due to higher rainf... . ...Read More

• Government may auction coal blocks in Dec-Jan

  09 Sep 2013

  The government is likely to auction explored coal blocks this December or in January next year, co... . ...Read More

• Odisha holds up land transfer for Mahaguj coal mine project

  09 Sep 2013

  With the row over availing free power from thermal power plants and plants based on coal washery r... . ...Read More

• India’s NTPC scouts for overseas coal equity

  09 Sep 2013

  India’s NTPC Limited, the country’s largest power producer, would start scouting for... . ...Read More

• Power plants receive assured coal supply

  09 Sep 2013

  With the signing of the fuel supply agreements (FSA) for two thermal-electricity plants, the 198... . ...Read More

• Poland says SAIL seeking to buy coal mines

  09 Sep 2013

  Poland, Europe’s second-biggest producer of coking coal, said it’s in talks with Steel... . ...Read More

• Essar Power’s Mahan coal block to start production by 2014-end

  09 Sep 2013

  Essar Power plans to start mining from the Mahan captive coal block at Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh... . ...Read More

• China steam coal futures set to launch in Sept, attract miners, traders

  09 Sep 2013

  China's Zhengzhou Commodities Exchange will launch a steam coal futures contract as early as t... . ...Read More

• The entire Chinese coal industry is bust - Platts

  09 Sep 2013

  Platts said that the current Chinese price for thermal coal is below the cost of production for mo... . ...Read More

• Putin Set to Revive Russia’s Coal Industry

  09 Sep 2013

  In a holiday somewhat overlooked in the West, on 25 August, Miners' Day, Russian Prime Ministe... . ...Read More

• Environmental Authorization granted for the Makhado Project - CoAL

  09 Sep 2013

  Coal of Africa Limited announced that the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment ... . ...Read More

• German coal mine turns village into ghost town n

  09 Sep 2013

  The cemetery has been relocated, the houses abandoned, the shop windows boarded up and the main st... . ...Read More

• Further softness in international coal prices

  06 Sep 2013

  September 6: Spot coal prices in international markets softened further in all the major markets o... . ...Read More

• Shree Cement looks to enter into offtake deals with US miners

  06 Sep 2013

  September 6: Shree Cement Ltd, northern India's leading cement maker, is in talks with US-base... . ...Read More

• CIL signs 150 FSAs till September 5

  06 Sep 2013

  September 6: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has, till September 5, signed a total of 150 fuel supply agreeme... . ...Read More