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• Patriot Coal idles 2 Kentucky mines

  30 Dec 2014

  Patriot Coal Corp. is idling two western Kentucky mining operations while it mulls the future of c... . ...Read More

• Dull trend witnessed in international coal markets

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: A dull trend prevailed in international coal markets on December 26 amidst absence of... . ...Read More

• Methodology for fixing floor/reserve price approved

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification issued on December 26, has approve... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports up 2.43% w-o-w

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &n... . ...Read More

• UltraTech acquires 3 units of Jaiprakash Associates

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: UltraTech Cement Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company, recently acquired three ceme... . ...Read More

• Water storage at key India reservoirs drop 2% w-o-w

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: The water storage available at 85 important reservoirs in India stood at 92.977 BCM a... . ...Read More

• New Mangalore Nov coking coal imports up 25% m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Coking coal imports through New Mangalore Port during November 2014 rose sharply by a... . ...Read More

• New Mangalore’s Nov steam coal imports fall 71% m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Non-coking coal imports through New Mangalore Port during November 2014 fell 70.57% t... . ...Read More

• Nov met coke imports via New Mangalore spurt m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Met coke imports via New Mangalore Port went up sharply by almost 6.7 times during No... . ...Read More

• New Mangalore Nov pet coke imports sharply up m-o-m

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Pet coke imports via New Mangalore Port stood at 113,481 tons during November 2014, s... . ...Read More

• Sharp fall in gypsum imports via Chennai in November

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Gypsum imports through Chennai Port fell manifold to a mere 2,498 tons in November ag... . ...Read More

• Sharp increase in gypsum exports via Chennai in Nov

  29 Dec 2014

  December 29: Gypsum exports through the port of Chennai increased sharply to 136 tons in November ... . ...Read More

• Odisha to get Rs 2 lakh crore from coal auction in 20 years

  29 Dec 2014

  Odisha would get about Rs 2 lakh crore from the auction of coal blocks in the next 15-20 years, Un... . ...Read More

• JSPL opposes change in end use norms of coal

  29 Dec 2014

  Coal Ministry has earmarked 101 coal blocks for e-auction including 18 blocks in Odisha Naveen ... . ...Read More

• Govt may take ordinance route for MMRDA Act

  29 Dec 2014

  After coal and insurance reforms, government may take the ordinance route soon to pave the way for... . ...Read More