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• Centre allocates 36 coal blocks to PSUs

  22 Jan 2015

  The government on Wednesday announced that it has earmarked 36 coal blocks for allocation to state... . ...Read More

• Coal block allocation: Manmohan’s aides questioned by CBI

  22 Jan 2015

  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s principal secretary T K A Nair and personal secretary... . ...Read More

• States not liable to pay SC levy on coal from cancelled blocks: Swarup

  22 Jan 2015

  Much to the relief of states like West Bengal, Karnataka and Punjab, coal secretary Anil Swarup on... . ...Read More

• Colombia court prohibits overnight use of Fenoco coal railway

  22 Jan 2015

  Colombia's constitutional court has ruled that the private Fenoco coal railway, which transpor... . ...Read More

• Coal declines in U.S. but grows internationally

  22 Jan 2015

  Technological progress has been brutal to the yellow pages and compact discs. Coal may be headed t... . ...Read More

• Grassroots victory stops central Illinois coal mine

  22 Jan 2015

    An eight-year battle against a central Illinois strip mine ends in victory for the commun... . ...Read More

• Coal drop to 7-Year low on oil and dollar overdone, SocGen Says

  22 Jan 2015

  Coal’s drop to a seven-year low may be “overdone” as the price reacted more to m... . ...Read More

• South Africa’s Attractiveness Drops As Investors Factor in Power Cuts

  22 Jan 2015

  Persistent power cuts by state-owned Eskom has disillusioned investors who have for long seen Sout... . ...Read More

• South Africa Resource Minister Prefers Energy Split From Law

  22 Jan 2015

  South African Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said he would prefer that the country&r... . ...Read More

• Coal miner Makomo Buys Own Trains, Blames NRZ for Mismanagement

  22 Jan 2015

  Coal miner Makomo Resources says it has secured six locomotives to move its product to mitigate ag... . ...Read More

• Firmness sustains in prices of Australian coal

  21 Jan 2015

  January 21: The firm trend witnessed in Australian steam coal continued into January 20 as prices ... . ...Read More

• Xcoal aims to expand India presence, says CEO

  21 Jan 2015

  January 21: Xcoal Energy & Resources (Xcoal), a specialised exporter of US-origin coal, has se... . ...Read More

• Xcoal brings in one more cargo of US coal to India

  21 Jan 2015

  January 21: Xcoal Energy & Resources (Xcoal) has brought in one more vessel of US- origin high... . ...Read More

• 3 CIL subsidiaries lag behind respective targets

  21 Jan 2015

  January 21: Production of coal from four Coal India Ltd (CIL) subsidiaries -- NCL, WCL MCL and SEC... . ...Read More

• Court keeps alive BG issue for further 3 months

  21 Jan 2015

  January 21: In a bid to temporarily resolve the sticky issue of bank guarantees (BG), the Delhi Hi... . ...Read More