<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Coal-industry News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=519</link><description>News Feed for - Coal-industry</description><item><title>China families protest mine disaster; toll hits 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267586&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:50:00</pubDate><description>By Maxim Duncan HEGANG, China (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a northeast Chinese coal mine scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>International Coal Up 49.4% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation ...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96319681&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:28:00</pubDate><description>Company: International Coal Group Inc (ICO) SmarTrend, our proprietary pattern recognition system, called an Uptrend for International Coal (NYSE:ICO) on July 20, 2009 at $3.08. Since then, International </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>Death toll from NE China colliery explosion rises to 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96147513&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:23:00</pubDate><description>HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the deadly coal mine blast in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has risen to 104, said local authorities early Monday morning. Another </description><source>SINA</source></item><item><title>Relatives of coal miners come to the accident site</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96269022&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:03:00</pubDate><description>to wait for further information in the Xinxing Coal Mine owned by the Heilongjiang Longmei Mining Holding Group in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 21, 2009. (Xinhua/Fang Baoshu) </description><source>SINA</source></item><item><title>Patriot Coal to Participate in the UBS Coal Conference and the FBR 2009 Fall Investor </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307602&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:33:00</pubDate><description>ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) today announced that it will participate in the UBS Coal Conference on Tuesday, December 1 in Boston. Additionally, Patriot </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Anger builds as China mine toll hits 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267599&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:29:00</pubDate><description>Published: 23/11/2009 at 08:04 PM Online : tweetmeme_url tweetmeme_service tweetmeme_source Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as the death toll from China's worst mining disaster in </description><source>Bangkok Post</source></item><item><title>North American Gem Inc. Becomes Coal Producer as Mining Commences...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96316889&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:20:00</pubDate><description>Company: North American GEM Inc (NAG) North American Gem Inc. (NAG) (TSX-V: NAG) is pleased to announce the start of coal production for the North American Gem #1 Mine in Whitley County, Kentucky. As </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>Alstom to Install Its Latest Automation System on the World`s Largest Coal-Fired </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96297357&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:56:00</pubDate><description>A Contract Worth over â?¬100 Million in South Africa LEVALLOIS PERRET, France--(Business Wire)-- Regulatory News: Alstom (Paris:ALO) has signed a contract worth over â?¬100 million with South African </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>NE China colliery explosion kills 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96123611&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:40:00</pubDate><description>HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the deadly coal mine blast in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has risen to 104, said local authorities early Monday morning. Another </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>Management blamed in China mine blast that kills 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96232724&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:02:00</pubDate><description>Chinese officials blamed poor management and inadequate precautions for an explosion at a mine that killed 104 people, state-run media said Monday. In addition to those killed, 60 miners remained hospitalized </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>India unveils ambitious solar power mission</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96314267&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:44:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: India's ambitious mission to ramp up its solar power hundredfold in the next 13 years and reduce dependence on fossil fuels was unveiled here Monday. The mission anticipates achieving parity </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>China mine deaths</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96309440&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:29:00</pubDate><description>BEIJING, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Nearly 100 deaths were reported due to a weekend explosion at a coal mine in northeastern China. Officials confirmed 92 deaths at the Hegang City mine with more than a dozen </description><source>UPI</source></item><item><title>New Interactive Tools Show Continuing SO2 Reductions At Coal-Fired Power Plants</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96242574&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:56:00</pubDate><description>New interactive tracking tools are now available on EPA's Web site to help the public follow nation-wide changes in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants. Using interactive charts </description><source>Power Online</source></item><item><title>China mine disaster kills at least 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96216634&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:53:00</pubDate><description>HEGANG, China - Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China. The massive blast Saturday </description><source>CNEWS</source></item><item><title>Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96235827&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:03:00</pubDate><description>When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth </description><source>Jamaica Gleaner</source></item><item><title>A few questions to put your energy literacy to the test</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96288635&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:30:00</pubDate><description>Gwyn Morgan is the retired founding CEO of EnCana Corp. Access to affordable energy is essential to our way of life, making the upcoming gathering of world leaders in Copenhagen profoundly important. </description><source>Globe Investor</source></item><item><title>Expansion plans for Hunter coal mine</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96285569&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:50:00</pubDate><description>Coal and Allied has further development plans for its Hunter Valley operations pit near Singleton as it moves to secure the long term viability of its three mines in the region. The Hunter Valley operations' </description><source>ABC Online</source></item><item><title>Asia Markets: Coal-price rise dogging Chinese power companies</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96277155&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:06:00</pubDate><description>HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The snowstorm in parts of northern China may be blowing over, but for independent power producers on the mainland, the effect of rising coal prices from the extreme weather </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Local school official's suicide highlights power shortage</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96269273&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:08:00</pubDate><description>The apparent suicide of an education bureau director who had been struggling to find heating fuel has highlighted the shortage of coal at schools in Yuxian county, Hebei province. Ge Xiang, 40, is understood </description><source>China Post</source></item><item><title>Background information of Hegang coal mine</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96268658&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T03:44:00</pubDate><description>The Hegang subsidiary of Longmei is a state-owned mining company with an annual coal output of 12 million tons, China News Agency reported. With assets totaling 6.51 billion yuan and 88,320 employees, </description><source>People's Daily Online</source></item><item><title>Palmer woos Rinehart over coal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96265748&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T02:15:00</pubDate><description>Billionaire Clive Palmer would consider sharing port and rail lines with Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart to cut the combined $15 billion cost of their two Queensland coal projects. ''If she's </description><source>Sydney Morning Herald</source></item><item><title>China coal mine toll rises</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291410&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:07:00</pubDate><description>Hopes of finding more survivors from a huge coal mine blast in China have taken a blow with the recovery of 12 bodies, raising the death toll to 104 in the nation's worst mining disaster in two years. </description><source>Sky News Australia</source></item><item><title>Xstrata secures option in early stage iron ore project</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96317655&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:26:00</pubDate><description>xStrata - Notification of transactions of Directors, persons discharging manager... Xstrata Zinc: MRM response to the Independent Environmental Monitor 2008 Audit R... xStrata - Notification of transactions </description><source>Edu Bourse</source></item><item><title>Is global warming unstoppable?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96270838&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:55:00</pubDate><description>In a provocative new study, a Univ. of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissionsâ??the major cause of global warmingâ??cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society </description><source>Research &amp; Development</source></item><item><title>Can Coal Stocks Turn Your Portfolio Green?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96327339&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=519</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:58:00</pubDate><description>Brief Summary: Despite cap-and-trade bill disputes on Capitol Hill, and continued attacks from environmentalists and politicians alike, "the demise of coal is greatly exaggerated," according to this Forbes </description><source>Schaeffers Research</source></item></channel></rss>