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• Coal strike enters 2nd day; Goyal to meet unions today

  07 Jan 2015

  The nationwide strike called by hundreds of thousands of coal workers against alleged moves toward... . ...Read More

• Coal strike: Govt hopeful of resolving crisis

  07 Jan 2015

  Of the 100 power plants that run on local coal, 42 had supplies for less than seven days as of 1 J... . ...Read More

• Coal strike: Minister allays fears of crisis

  07 Jan 2015

  The representatives of the five major trade unions, which have shut down production at all coalfie... . ...Read More

• Strike hits coal output at 60% of CIL units

  07 Jan 2015

  * First day of the strike hits production at over 60% of the over 438 units of state-run Coal Indi... . ...Read More

• Coal strike: Govt offered no solution, say union leaders

  07 Jan 2015

  The meeting between the representatives of five trade unions and Coal Secretary Anil Swarup to res... . ...Read More

• CIL strike unlikely to last 5 days: Partha Bhattacharya

  07 Jan 2015

  Coal India's 5-day strike called by five major trade unions starting Tuesday, should not last ... . ...Read More

• Ramping up coal production a priority: Sutirtha Bhattacharya

  07 Jan 2015

  Ramping up output and improving profitability will be the top-most priorities for state-run Coal I... . ...Read More

• BMS attacks Centre on coal Ordinance

  07 Jan 2015

  The BMS was among the central unions that led 3.6-lakh workers of Coal India Ltd. (CIL) on a five-... . ...Read More

• Coal strike won’t snap power supply in West Bengal

  07 Jan 2015

  Bengal won't suffer any power pangs due to the five-day coal strike that began on Tuesday as t... . ...Read More

• Coal strike brings Maharashtra mines to halt

  07 Jan 2015

  All mines of Western Coalfield, one of eight subsidiary companies of Coal India, have stopped prod... . ...Read More

• Coal India strike to hit UP thermal power generation

  07 Jan 2015

  Thermal power plants in UP are dependent on coal supply by CIL and its subsidiaries...  Th... . ...Read More

• Strike may not have much impact on coal production: SCCL

  07 Jan 2015

  State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited today said coal production may not have much impa... . ...Read More

• Divergent trends in spot markets as traders return

  06 Jan 2015

  January 6: A diverse trend prevailed in international coal markets on January 5 after participants... . ...Read More

• BSL floats RFQ for procurement of 0.1 mt LAM coke

  06 Jan 2015

  January 6: Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has floated a request... . ...Read More

• NTECL floats IFB to procure 3.25 mt imported coal

  06 Jan 2015

  January 6: NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited (NTECL), a joint venture of NTPC Ltd and TANGEDC... . ...Read More