…  up costs and hurting profits for utilities such as Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Korea Electric Power Corp. . Coal & Allied has warned …

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) will purchase more oil, liquefied natural gas and coal this …

…  return online. Napocor, the country’s largest electricity producer, expects to buy 5 million to 6 million tons of coal next …  of the generating assets sold by US firm Mirant Corp. to Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Marubeni Corp. in December. Napocor buys the …

…  plants at a record pace. The nation gets 78 percent of its electricity from coal, spurring imports from Australia, Indonesia and …  fossil fuel after oil would drive power costs higher from Tokyo to London and benefit mining companies Xstrata Plc, Rio Tinto Group and …

…  and cheaper than imported oil, but potential buyers in the power and fertiliser sectors – now reliant on naphtha – have …  a medium-and long-term basis,” said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), Japan’s biggest utility. “However, …