TAIYUAN , China, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- China's Puda Coal has signed a letter of intent to help consolidate coal mines and build a coal plant in a county in Shanxi province.
NEW DELHI, April 11 (UPI) -- India's state-run National Thermal Power Corp. said it will double coal imports this year to augment domestic power-generation capacity.
NEW DELHI, March 20 (UPI) -- India's demand for coal for power generation over the next five years will be 731 million tons, Junior Minister for Coal Dasari Narayana Rao said.
ST. LOUIS, March 10 (UPI) -- With demand for coal soaring around the world, Peabody Energy Co. in St. Louis has already exported more in 2008 than it did in all of 2007.
DELHI, India, March 7 (UPI) -- The Indian Coal Industry Association announced the coal sector will soon be deregulated.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Arch Coal Inc., the No. 2 U.S. coal company, has bought a one-third stake in Knight Hawk Coal, a growing coal producer in the Illinois Basin.
ST. LOUIS, July 6 (UPI) -- Peabody Energy Corp. said Thursday it was paying $1.34 billion to buy an Australian coal producer.
LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- With the increase in the cost of natural gas and home heating oil in Britain, coal may enjoy a resurgence, government officials said.
BEIJING, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Chinese coal imports are growing, thanks to tight domestic coal supplies and government policies that encourage buying abroad.
ABINGDON, Va., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Alpha Natural Resources Inc., an Appalachian coal producer, has agreed to pay $316.2 million for the coal assets of a privately held group.
