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Asia Coal-Prices rise above $62, buoyed by Japan deal

infomine - mining equipment and supplier news | March 17, 2009 | 6:48 am Energy Coal

PERTH, March 16 (Reuters) – Prices of power-station coal from Australia, a benchmark for Asia, rose for the first time ina month to hover above $62 a barrel, buoyed by news of a thermalcoal deal between Australian miners and Japan’s Chubu Electric….more at globalCoal.com