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COAL FUTURES

Coal accounts for 28% of the world's primary energy consumption and is set to remain an energy source for decades to come, particularly in Asia. Whereas oil and gas markets have been well serviced by futures exchanges for some time, over-the-counter (OTC) derivative and futures markets for coal are only now just starting to emerge.

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UPDATE 1-India plans competitive bidding for coal blocksmore

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (Reuters) -India plans to introduce competitive bidding for allocation of coal blocks for captive use...

State-owned in China: Nationalisation rides againmore

of Shanxi, private-sector managers have been complaining (again through the media) about a wave of nationalisation of...

Do Electric Cars Save or Risk the Planet?more

them. For instance, EVs powered by "green energy"wind or solarare obviously superior, but if the electricity...

Making Renewables Reliablemore

expect that with a proliferation of solar panels and wind machines, companies will shut plants that run on coal and...

A power struggle between two American electricity giants (Jul 9th)more

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Explosive growthmore

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Carbon capture site gets EU cashmore

about £180m of EU cash on Saturday, the BBC has learned. CCS technology captures the carbon released when coal burns...

FACTBOX-Indonesia coal loading and port detailsmore

Nov 19 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's biggest thermal exporter of coal, expects to increase production to 230...

America, China and climate change: Let's agree to agreemore

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Let's agree to agreemore

thought, and the same geology pertains around the world. Gas power emits just half the carbon dioxide of coal.

LNG expands in Australia: Explosive growthmore

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UPDATE 1-NTPC says may scrap coal tenders for term supplymore

* NTPC may replace coal tenders with term deal * NTPC looks to producers rather than traders for supply * NTPC to need...

Coal Warriors: Why U.S. Coal Producers Could Still Have a Bright Futur...more

For all the talk of a clean-energy, low-carbon future, U.S coal producers might not have such a black future.

The Six Entrepreneurs You Meet in China, Part Twomore

tech. But they're the minority. Fortunes are being made in everything from locally produced tomato paste to coal mining.

Nana's memories of tenement lifemore

was a multi-purpose room where the family cooked, ate, slept and spent their 'leisure time'. It had a coal fire, used...

India NTPC chair says seeking long-term coal dealsmore

Nov 19 (Reuters) - India's NTPC (NTPC.BO) in 2010/11 will look at signing long-term contracts with coal producers to...

Newcastle named Britain's "greenest" citymore

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - For decades, Newcastle upon Tyne was blackened by coal dust and known around the world for its...

Glencore fires up to recapture Prodeco coalmore

privately owned commodities trader, continued to improve in the third quarter, giving it more firepower to repurchase...

Outlook: cloudymore

in capped industries are then given credits for each tonne of carbon dioxide they emit. For example, a coal power...

UPDATE: Antam Drops Plan To Buy Stake In Newmont's Indonesia Unitmore

PTNNT's Batu Hijau copper and gold mine is located. PT Multicapital is a financial company partly-owned by coal miner...

Market Vectors Coal ETF on Firemore

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US defence advances Cobhammore

Moma titanium mine in Mozambique. However, sector watchers reckon Kenmare will soon look to raise fresh capital.

RPT-FEATURE-U.S. coal industry stakes survival on carbon capturemore

* U.S. coal plant testing technology to trap, store carbon * IEA says capture outlays of $56 billion needed by 2020 *...

IRS Disclosures Show Extent of Oil and Coal Groups' Outreachmore

The biggest influence groups for oil and coal spent a combined $115 million last year to burnish their images and shape...

Innovative Countries, Energized Campusesmore

and work on capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide (a big focus in Illinois and other states with significant coal...

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