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It’s been touted as the new, low-cost coal province that will displace coking coal suppliers around the globe, but significant hurdles remain for those hoping to harvest massive coal reserves in Mongolia. China Coal Report looks into the issues.

Coal appears to be winning the battle of PR in India, beating back attacks by environmental groups seeking to curtail its growth. Indian Coal Report’s Bishal Thapa reports on the changing public perception.

The conflicting reports coming out of China about demand for seaborne thermal coal continue but the one thing everyone seems able to agree upon is that demand is at best subdued. China Coal Report has more.

After a two year battle with the Queensland government, Cougar Energy has abandoned efforts to demonstrate underground coal gasification technology. CEO Rob Neill talks about their new plans exclusively to Australian Coal Report.

Transnet, the South African logistics and transport utility, has downgraded its coal delivery forecast to Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) to a maximum of 73Mt for this financial year. South African Coal Report’s David McKay digs deeper.

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While there has been a notable recovery in China’s steel sector in recent weeks, few analysts believe it is likely to be sustained or will translate into a healthy recovery in demand for metallurgical coal this year. China Coal Report looks at why.

In a bid to make the coal producing monolith Coal India Ltd into a more nimble entity which can respond to change and thereby meet the energy needs of growing India, the government is looking to break the coal producer up into separate companies.

The South African Competition Commission is pushing for levies on export thermal coal as it seeks to shore up domestic supplies. The move comes amid fears a proposed merger between Xstrata and Glencore could endanger domestic access to thermal coal.

Recently released data shows a slight increase in Chinese steel production for the first 9 months, leading to speculation that demand for imports of coking coal will also rise. But could this conjecture be too premature? China Coal Report has more.