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• Coal India examining proposal to register subsidiary in South Africa

  16 Dec 2014

  State-owned CIL is examining a proposal to register a wholly-owned subsidiary in South Africa to a... . ...Read More

• May not give free power to coal producing states: Goyal

  16 Dec 2014

  The government may not provide free power to coal producing states of Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhatt... . ...Read More

• Rs 12,000 cr investment to develop a coal block: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

  16 Dec 2014

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said an investment of Rs 12,000 crore in a joint ... . ...Read More

• New coal mine allottees likely to be allowed to extract CBM

  16 Dec 2014

  All new allottees of coal mines will be allowed to simultaneously explore/extract coal-bed methane... . ...Read More

• California Senator Seeks to Require Calpers to Divest Coal

  16 Dec 2014

  The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the biggest pension in the U.S., would b... . ...Read More

• Berkshire to Close Utah Coal Mine With 182 Workers

  16 Dec 2014

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), the company controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett, plans to cl... . ...Read More

• Australian steam coal prices firm up, others unchanged

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: The spot prices of Australian coal firmed up a bit on December 12, but others remaine... . ...Read More

• NTPC extends long term tie-up proposal submission date for imported coal

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: NTPC Ltd, which had on November 12 floated an expression of interest (EoI) for long t... . ...Read More

• NTPC receives 5-6 offers against its 5 mt imported coal tenders

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: NTPC Ltd, has received offers from 5-6 leading coal traders/suppliers against its fou... . ...Read More

• Nepal Co. plans to route coking coal trough Vizag Port

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: A few members of Federation of Nepal Chambers of Commerce (FNCC) plan to route their ... . ...Read More

• Rake problem continues at Vizag port

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: The situation of shortage in availability of rakes at Vizag port on the east coast of... . ...Read More

• CIL prepares model contract agreement for PPP

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has recently finalized a Model Contract Agreement for mining of ... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at power plants increase by 6.73% w-o-w

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: Buoyed by the increase in domestic coal production and improvement in despatches, coa... . ...Read More

• CIL unions to meet on Dec 17 on disinvestment

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: Even as the government has reportedly deferred the disinvestment of Coal India Ltd (C... . ...Read More

• Indian Railways to Procure 13,162 Wagons during 2014-15

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: Indian Railways is contemplating to acquire a total of about 13,162 wagons during the... . ...Read More