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• Analyzing the Global Market for Clean Coal Equipment

  21 Jan 2015

  Coal is expected to continue to be a dominant fuel in power generation due to its low cost and abu... . ...Read More

• Australian coal inches up further, others unchanged

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: Spot prices of Australian steam coal firmed up in an otherwise lacklustre internationa... . ...Read More

• Swarup gives deadline for auction of all 101 blocks

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: There has been an “encouraging’ response from companies interested in part... . ...Read More

• ‘No decision yet on offering blocks for merchant mining’

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: The government has not yet decided on whether it will offer some of the coal blocks fr... . ...Read More

• Govt not mulling hike in e-auction quantity in near future

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: The government has no plans as of now to increase the quantity of coal to be sold thro... . ...Read More

• Govt working on new MDO pact to ease coal production

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: The government is working on a draft mine developer-cum-operator (MDO) agreement in or... . ...Read More

• CIL board to okay 1 bn ton output target at next meet

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: The board of directors of Coal India Ltd (CIL) is likely to approve a resolution perta... . ...Read More

• Govt may force CIL to open grievance mechanism

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: The government may force Coal India Ltd (CIL) to open a grievance redressal mechanism ... . ...Read More

• CoalMin identifies 50 railway projects for evacuation

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: The Ministry of Coal has identified for developing a total of about 50 railway project... . ...Read More

• December power capacity addition up 84.05% m-o-m

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: India’s power capacity addition in December 2014 stood at 668.67 MW, up 84.05% a... . ...Read More

• India’s Dec power generation edges up 0.59% m-o-m

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: India’s power generation in December 2014 stood at 85.995 billion units (BU), up... . ...Read More

• Vizag Port plans further expansion for cape-size vessels

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: Vizag Port is planning to expand further on a long-term basis to berth more cape-size ... . ...Read More

• Adani criticises legal challenge in Carmichael project

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: Adani Enterprises criticised the legal challenge initiated by Mackay Conservation Grou... . ...Read More

• Railways’ December coal handling up 2.54% m-o-m

  20 Jan 2015

  January 20: Indian Railways (IR) transported 48.91 million tons (mt) of coal in December 2014, up ... . ...Read More

• Likely to meet production target of $1b ton by 2019: CIL chief

  20 Jan 2015

  Though Bhattacharya appeared positive but maintained that it will be too early to predict the prod... . ...Read More