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• Finance ministry nudges Coal India to buy back 5% of its shares

  04 Sep 2013

  The finance ministry is pushing state-run monopoly miner Coal India to buy back 5% of its shares... . ...Read More

• Deloitte selected for study on Coal India restructuring

  04 Sep 2013

  The Coal Ministry has selected global consultancy firm Deloitte, from among the nine shortlisted c... . ...Read More

• Paradoxical situation in coal industry

  04 Sep 2013

  The overall coal inventory has now fallen to 57mt, most of which lying near pit-heads and some sto... . ...Read More

• Beijing will cut coal burning and barbecues in bid to fight smog

  04 Sep 2013

  Coal use for electricity consumption in Beijing will be reduced by 13 million metric tons by 2017 ... . ...Read More

• Vietnam lowers coal export tax to tackle stockpile

  04 Sep 2013

  Vietnam's Ministry of Finance has recently lowered the tax rate applied on coal exportation ... . ...Read More

• U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut

  04 Sep 2013

   U.S. power companies have shut or converted about 16,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired pow... . ...Read More

• US to ramp-up LNG and coal exports

  04 Sep 2013

  Citigroup has today released interesting analysis of US President Barack Obama’s new Climate... . ...Read More

• Singapore launching swaps as met coal price reaches 3-month high

  04 Sep 2013

  While the iron ore market has been transformed over the past decade the trade in the other steelma... . ...Read More

• ATLANTIC MET COAL: Prices steady as mills begin price deal negotiations

  04 Sep 2013

  The price of Atlantic met coal remained steady Monday, following recent modest fluctuations, with ... . ...Read More

• Indonesian prices further turn soft

  03 Sep 2013

  September 3: As expected, Indonesian coal prices further turned soft on September 2 in response to... . ...Read More

• Softness in bids and offers for South African coal

  03 Sep 2013

  September 03: The bids and offers for South African coal from a leading brokerage firm softened on... . ...Read More

• Buyjunction procures steam coal for steel maker

  03 Sep 2013

  September 3: Buyjunction, a business unit of mjunction services limited, recently procured a small... . ...Read More

• CIL expects to sign FSAs for 60,000 MW soon

  03 Sep 2013

  September 3: Coal India Ltd (CIL) expects to soon sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power pl... . ...Read More

• CIL issues LoI to appoint third-party sampling agencies

  03 Sep 2013

  September 3: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has selected three companies which will do third-party sampling ... . ...Read More

• CIL expects revival in e-auction realisations post-monsoons

  03 Sep 2013

  September 3: Coal India Ltd (CIL) expects a sharp improvement in realisations in e-auction after t... . ...Read More