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• Deal signed to save coal mines

  19 Jan 2015

    The deal came after days of tense talks against a backdrop of underground strikes at seve... . ...Read More

• Largest Nordic fund manager to blacklist coal

  19 Jan 2015

  Nordea Asset Management plans to blacklist up to 40 coal-mining companies from its investment univ... . ...Read More

• Surviving Great Lakes coal-fired ship gets new lease on life

  19 Jan 2015

    The last coal-fired steamship operating in U.S. waters is undergoing a makeover to meet t... . ...Read More

• There are about as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US

  19 Jan 2015

  Putting solar power on rooftops is pretty labor-intensive. You need people to design and manufactu... . ...Read More

• Speculations give Australian steam coal prices leg-up

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Severe speculative interest devoid of actual buying or selling activities led to furth... . ...Read More

• Nov closing coal stocks of 125 TPPs at 12.892 mt

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Total closing stocks of coal at 125 thermal power plants (TPPs) across the country sto... . ...Read More

• 28 TPPs received excess supply of coal till November

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Altogether, 28 thermal power plants (TPPs) received excess coal from domestic sources ... . ...Read More

• NTPC signs term loan of Rs 10,000 crore with SBI

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: NTPC, the largest power utility in the country, signed a term loan agreement for Rs 10... . ...Read More

• Paradip extends western dock project EoI till March

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Paradip Port globally extended the submission date for expressions of interests (EoI) ... . ...Read More

• Vizag Port chairman to take interim charge of Paradip

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Vizag Port Trust Chairman M T Krishna Babu is scheduled to take additional charge as t... . ...Read More

• India’s cement output up 2.59% in November m-o-m

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: India’s cement production (except ACC and Ambuja Cements) stood at 20.92 million... . ...Read More

• CMA seeks Prabhu’s mediation on Korba coal supplies

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: The Cement Manufacturers Association of India (CMA), in a communication to Railways Mi... . ...Read More

• Mundra Port’s Dec coking coal imports fall 80% m-o-m

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Coking coal imports through Mundra Port in December 2014 fell almost 79.85% to 40,825 ... . ...Read More

• Mundra Port Dec steam coal imports drop 38% m-o-m

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Steam coal imports through the port of Mundra fell 37.75% to 1,267,111 tons in Decembe... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Mundra at 82,500 tons in Dec

  16 Jan 2015

  January 16: Imports of pet coke via Mundra Port stood at 82,500 tons during December 2014 while in... . ...Read More