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• 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

• India’s Nov WPI remains unchanged

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: India's wholesale price index showed no increase in November as oil prices tumble... . ...Read More

• SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant wins National Energy Conservation Award

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of Maharatna SAIL, has won the National Energy ... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports up 2.91% w-o-w

  15 Dec 2014

  December 15: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &n... . ...Read More

• Coal block e-auction rules: Current mine owners to get head start over new bidders

  15 Dec 2014

  The captive coal mining firms in producing blocks might not lose their mines even after the deadli... . ...Read More