Coal

SCOTT DEPOT, W. Va., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- International Coal Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICO) (the "Company") announced today certain amendments to its previously announced cash tender offer for any and all of the $139.5 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 9.00% Convertible Senior Notes (Source: PR Newswire - http://www.prnewswire.com)

BEIJING, March 18 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China is the largest coal producer with coal output occupying 37% of the total in the world. Coal is a major energy source in China, accounting for 76% and 69% of total primary energy output and consumption respectively. Coal will continue be the primary en (Source: PR Newswire - http://www.prnewswire.com)

TAIYUAN, China, March 18 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Puda Coal, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PUDA), a supplier of high grade metallurgical coking coal used to produce coke for steel manufacturing in China and a consolidator of eight coal mines in Pinglu County, Shanxi Province, today announced its plans (Source: PR Newswire - http://www.prnewswire.com)

While in the hills of western India last week I saw something I haven't seen since my schooldays. The something is old-fashioned fuel balls. You can hold one of these lightweight balls in your hand, for they are around 8-9 cm in diameter, their colour a slatey grey flecked with brown. You only rarely see them being sold in the small provision shops in these villages, for the fuel balls are made at home. They require two ingredients: cow dung and coal dust. read more (Source: Energy Bulletin - http://www.energybulletin.net)

SCOTT DEPOT, W. Va., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Coal Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICO) ("ICG" or the "Company") announced today that it has priced underwritten public offerings (the "Offerings") of (i) 22,371,365 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") (Source: PR Newswire - http://www.prnewswire.com)

Hargreaves Services has approached UK Coal, the country*s leading but troubled coalminer, about merging their deep mines. UK Coal said yesterday that it was *at an... (Source: Financial Times - http://www.ft.com)