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• ‘Future court intervention in auction not ruled out’

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: The government does not rule out intervention by the court in future on the process ad... . ...Read More

• Government may change rules for linkage allocation

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: The government is considering plans to change the rules of allocation of coal linkages... . ...Read More

• Swarup promises level playing field to steel in auction

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: Secretary (Coal) Anil Swarup has indicated that the steel industry, particularly spong... . ...Read More

• Govt concerned about quality of coal supplied by CIL

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: The government is concerned about the quality of coal supplied by Coal India Ltd (CIL)... . ...Read More

• Cement body wants tapering quantities restored

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: The Cements Manufacturers Association (CMA), in a recent communique to the Special Mee... . ...Read More

• CMA seeks e-auction floor price at Rs 100 per ton

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: The Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA), recalling that the coal block auction to t... . ...Read More

• Factor in 50% discount to arrive at reserve price: CMA

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: The Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) has urged the Inter-Ministerial Committee (... . ...Read More

• Vizag sees hike in imported coal handling by 2016

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: Vizag Port expects to increase coal imports through itself in the coming fiscal (2015-... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks at 9 ports edge up 4% w-o-w

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private&nda... . ...Read More

• Asia, Africa coal imports via RBCT down 48% in 2014

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: Imports of coal from RBCT by African and Asian countries, excluding India, fell almost... . ...Read More

• SA coal exports to Atlantic nations up 27% in 2014

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: Imports of coal from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by Atlanti... . ...Read More

• India’s trade deficit down 7.38% y-o-y in Dec

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: India’s trade deficit (merchandise) for the month of December, 2014 provisionall... . ...Read More

• December pet coke exports from Kolkata at 54 tons

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: Pet coke volumes exported from Kolkata Port in October 2014 were at 54 tons in Decembe... . ...Read More

• No met coke exports via Kolkata Port in December

  19 Jan 2015

  January 19: There were no met coke exports from Kolkata Port in December 2014 while in November th... . ...Read More

• CIL to identify projects to raise output to 1-bn ton/year

  19 Jan 2015

  Centre promises all help in clearing hurdles... Coal India is in the process of identifying key... . ...Read More