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• IIEPL sees coal gasifier orders raining

  27 Feb 2015

  India Industrial Enterprises Pvt Limited (IIEPL), a leading supplier of coal gasifiers, is eyeing ... . ...Read More

• Cong MDC urges Council to pass resolution in support of coal miners

  27 Feb 2015

  Senior Congress MDC from Langrin, Manstudy Nongrem has urged the Council to pass a resolution in s... . ...Read More

• Company of Coal India’s magnitude bound to have labour issues

  27 Feb 2015

  Sutirtha Bhattacharya, the newly appointed chairman and managing director of Coal India (CIL), s... . ...Read More

• Railway Budget 2015: Freight rates up for cement, coal, steel; to mop Rs 1.2lkcr

  27 Feb 2015

  Presenting his maiden Rail Budget, Minister Suresh Prabhu has hiked freight rate for cement, coal ... . ...Read More

• DPR plans to supply coal to Iran and Turkey

  27 Feb 2015

  The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) plans to supply coal to North African an... . ...Read More

• Coal terminal: PIBT to expand capacity with $70m additional investment

  27 Feb 2015

  Pakistan International Bulk Terminal (PIBT) has decided to increase the capacity of its under-cons... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto to merge copper, coal units

  27 Feb 2015

  RIO Tinto has announced a corporate restructure that will see its main product groups compressed i... . ...Read More

• Coal miner Glencore to cut 120 jobs, reduce production

  27 Feb 2015

  Coal miner Glencore is cutting 120 jobs and will significantly reduce its Australian production in... . ...Read More

• Falling Chinese coal consumption and output undermine global market

  27 Feb 2015

  China’s coal consumption and production fell last year for the first time in 14 years, confi... . ...Read More

• Flat trend seen in international spot coal prices

  26 Feb 2015

  February 26: Spot prices of seaborne thermal coal showed a flat trend on February 25 amidst lukewa... . ...Read More

• Rail Budget hikes coal freight rates by 6.3%

  26 Feb 2015

  February 26: Cement, coal, steel and urea prices are likely to go up with Railway Minister Suresh ... . ...Read More

• CMPDI eyes 800,000-metre drilling in 2014-15

  26 Feb 2015

  February 26: The Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) expects to achieve total drill... . ...Read More

• More than 70 coal drilling projects awaiting FC

  26 Feb 2015

  February 26: Despite the NDA government’s stress on expediting Green clearances, there has n... . ...Read More

• ‘Budget, coal auctions to shape coal imports’

  26 Feb 2015

  February 26: Policies adopted by the Union government in the upcoming Budget and the on-going e-au... . ...Read More

• NTPC board okays investment in Khargone STPP

  26 Feb 2015

  February 26: Directors of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), on February 25, appro... . ...Read More