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Diverging fortunes: China coal futures sink while physical firms
22 Sep 2017China’s physical thermal coal prices strengthened on Thursday as traders worried about logjams at ports even as futures investors bailed out at their fastest pace in months after Beijing signaled i... Read More.TN seeks adequate supply of coal
22 Sep 2017Tamil Nadu has urged the Centre to ensure adequate supply of coal and allotment of railway coaches for its transportation.State Minister for Electricity P. Thangamani an... Read More.Power plants near mines will lift coal through road: Coal Ministry
22 Sep 2017The coal ministry today said power plants located within a 60 km range of mine pit heads shall augment their coal supplies by lifting the fuel through road.The decision ... Read More.India not a climate villain despite 65% rise in coal use by 2040, even as China cuts down
21 Sep 2017While the world’s biggest polluters such as China and the US cut their coal usage over the next 25 years, India’s coal consumption will rise by a whopping 65% by 2040. But fret not. India&rsq... Read More.China's NDRC says coal mines must not close to avoid inspections
21 Sep 2017China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Thursday warned coal miners not to temporarily close to avoid inspections as the country’s top economic planner works to stabilize... Read More.Coal India's subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields staring at a penalty of Rs 20,000 crore
20 Sep 2017Coal India subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields can face a penalty of more than Rs 20,000 crore in the wake of a Supreme Court order that rendered illegal all mineral production in violation of environmental l... Read More.Two Adani Power companies secure over 1/3rd of CIL coal
20 Sep 2017Two Adani Power companies managed to secure a shade over one third of the total coal auctioned by Coal India under the Shakti scheme by offering discounts ranging between 1paise per unit and 3 paise per ... Read More.Goyal promises smooth coal supply to power plants by early October
20 Sep 2017Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that his ministry is taking steps to ensure smooth coal supplies to power stations that will be stabilised by the month end or early October.... Read More.Coal India dispatches 0.88 mt coal to power sector on Sep 17
20 Sep 2017Coal India today said it has supplied 0.88 million tonnes of dry fuel to the power sector out of its total coal dispatch of 1 MT on September 17, the Ministry of Coal said today.Read More.Coal India to ask pithead plants to use road network
19 Sep 2017Coal India will ask power plants at short distances from coal mines to use trucks so that railway rakes are available for plants further away.A transport bottleneck has caused coal stocks w... Read More.CIL allows power companies within 60 km to lift coal beyond their quota
19 Sep 2017In an effort to improve the stock situation at power stations and help increase electricity generation, Coal IndiaBSE -0.91 % (CILBSE -0.91 %) has allowed power plants to lift as much coal as they can, e... Read More.Coal India steps up supply
19 Sep 2017During the month of August 2017 as the country was reeling under energy crunch with growth in hydro, nuclear and others sources plunging down by 12 per cent, 36 per cent and 7 per cent respectively, the ... Read More.World reliance on coal will last for decades, report finds
19 Sep 2017Renewable energy, gas and nuclear power will be the world’s fastest growing forms of energy up to 2040 but fossil fuels, led by coal, will continue to be the backbone of electricity production... Read More.Coal India to auction 25 mt coal for non-regulated sector by December-January
18 Sep 2017State-owned Coal India will kick off the next round of coal auction aimed at the non-regulated sector, including those dealing in sponge iron, by this year- end or early 2018. The decision comes as a doz... Read More.Coal India plans to become a full-fledged mining company
18 Sep 2017Coal India Ltd (CIL) is looking to diversify from its core business of coal extraction and become a full-fledged mining company in a bid to mitigate the growing pressure from renewable energy.Read More. Coal prices to stay firm on higher power demand
18 Sep 2017The prices of coal in the domestic market are unlikely to see any correction in the near future even as international thermal prices are expected to stay subdued.Coal In... Read More.Hike in coal output saved Rs 25,900 cr forex in 3 years: Coal India
15 Sep 2017Hike in coal production in the last three years has helped mining major Coal India Ltd save Rs 25,900 crore in foreign exchange, interim Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Singh said today.... Read More.Coal India plan to feed power need
15 Sep 2017Coal India is planning to ramp up domestic production to meet the fossil fuel requirement of thermal power producers."The planned coal-based thermal capacity expans... Read More.Post-GST, coal consumers to benefit with Rs 6,000 crore savings in taxes
15 Sep 2017Consumers of Coal India is expected to benefit by Rs 6,000 crore in annual savings under the Goods and Service Tax (GST) while higher production by the company in the last three years helped the country ... Read More.BHP opens coalmine integrated remote operating centre in Brisbane
15 Sep 2017On the 10th floor of a Queen Street office building, overlooking the Brisbane River and the Story Bridge, a team of 212 BHP Billiton mining workers have started running the nation’s biggest coal sy... Read More.