Coal news and updates

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• Coal miners pay penalty of ₹6,000 cr to qualify for e-auction bid

  02 Jan 2015

  The 17-odd coal miners, including Hindalco, have paid a penalty of ₹6,108 crore to become eligib... . ...Read More

• HC asks TPCB to study green impact of coal plant

  02 Jan 2015

  A division bench of the high court has directed Telangana Pollution Control Board (TPCB) to study ... . ...Read More

• Sutirtha Bhattacharya to take CIL charge Jan 5

  02 Jan 2015

  IAS officer Sutirtha Bhattacharya will take charge of Coal India Ltd as chairman and managing dire... . ...Read More

• China builds largest coal mine waste gas recovering project

  02 Jan 2015

  The world's largest facility to turn excess methane gas from coal mines into electricity has b... . ...Read More

• The EPA’s move to regulate ‘coal ash’ is a step forward

  02 Jan 2015

  MITCH MCCONNELL often decries President Obama’s “war on coal,” promising to atta... . ...Read More

• Weak trend persists in SA & Australian coal prices

  01 Jan 2015

  January 01: The weak trend continued in South African and Australian steam coal prices on the last... . ...Read More

• CESC prunes expenditure on new T&D projects to meet coal levy

  01 Jan 2015

  January 1: Kolkata-based CESC Ltd has decided to curtail expenditure on new transmission and distr... . ...Read More

• CESC shuts down New Cossipore TPS

  01 Jan 2015

  January 1: CESC Ltd, the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group flagship, has shut down its 64-year old New Cossip... . ...Read More

• Monnet left with no option other than to participate in coal block e-auction

  01 Jan 2015

  January 1: Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited (MIEL), will participate in the coal block e-auction ... . ...Read More

• Monnet’s expansion plans depend on outcome of the upcoming coal e-auction

  01 Jan 2015

  January 1: All the expansion plans that Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited (MIEL) has at present ar... . ...Read More

• A K Mittal takes charge as Chairman, Railway Board

  01 Jan 2015

  January 1: A K Mittal has been appointed as new Chairman, Railway Board & Ex-officio Principal... . ...Read More

• India’s core sector index up 6.7% y-o-y in November

  01 Jan 2015

  January 1: The index of eight core industries, which have a combined weightage of 37.90% in the In... . ...Read More

• Coal auctions hold promise for fuel-starved power sector

  01 Jan 2015

  After a tumultuous year, the government’s decision to go ahead with the auction of 101 coal ... . ...Read More

• Core sector ride high on power, coal, cement production

  01 Jan 2015

  Cumulative growth during April to November 2014-15 stood at 4.6 per cent   Fuelled by inc... . ...Read More

• Government opens a New Chapter in Coal Sector

  01 Jan 2015

  To usher in the much awaited reforms in the coal sector, soon after the Supreme Court judgement, t... . ...Read More