…  year-on-year, sales profit ratio was 7.3%. The rising prices of iron ore, coke, coal and other raw materials are the main factors to push up steel prices in …

…  state coal miner PT Bukit Asam Tbk expects its coal export prices to rise by at least 45 percent this year, in line with rising global prices and strong demand, a company official said on …

…  fuel are forecast to “grow particularly strongly”, while coal export volumes will be constrained by the capacity and efficiency of …  in recent years and helped to drive up bulk commodity prices. Base metal prices, however, are expected to fall amid an increase in …

…  producer, is looking to buy majority stakes in Indonesian coal mines with reserves of up to 300 million tonnes to secure supplies and …  Chairman R.S. Sharma told reporters. He said rising coal prices would not deter NTPC from buying stakes in foreign mines. “Ultimately we …

…  has denied that it will set a quota for coal exports as it wants to reserve the coal for future use. The reports had …  production and feed the world’s largest coal market. Coal prices FOB (free on board) have nearly doubled over the past year to as high as …

…  POSCO said on Monday it has agreed to a sharp rise in coal prices with an Australian miner for fiscal year 2008. POSCO, the world’s …

…  slower growth and tougher times for exporters after oil prices hit new highs and the dollar plunged last week. Farmers, miners and …  and mills are pinched that the market set the price of coal, iron ore and other materials surge. Higher costs that hamper China’s …

Coal is poised to rebound from a two-year slump as China buys more than it exports …  use in China, the world’s biggest coal producer, is rising 13 percent annually, and utilities are building plants at a record pace. …  Asset Management Ltd. in Singapore. Mobius says Asian coal prices may surge 42 percent in five years, boosting China Shenhua Energy Co., …

…  company said in a statement to the exchange. Iron ore prices will rise 9.5 percent to a record in 2007, a fifth consecutive year of …  earnings. The company is the world’s largest producer of coal for the steel industry and third- biggest iron ore exporter. Production …