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• No fresh coal linkages to new power plants of pvt cos

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: The Minister of State for Coal Piyush Goyal has said there is no proposal as of now t... . ...Read More

• Rs 58,425 cr to be raised via CIL, ONGC, NHPC divestments

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: The government has finalised plans to mop up around Rs 58,425 crore from sale of a pa... . ...Read More

• Resistance by local people stalls work at 2 UMPPs

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: Site selection for ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) in Maharashtra and Karnataka has... . ...Read More

• No proposal before CERC to cap electricity tariffs

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: There is no proposal as of now to put a cap on the sale price of electricity in order... . ...Read More

• Indian Railways Apr-Nov freight loading up 5.24% y-o-y

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: Indian Railways (IR) carried 713.11 million tons (mt) of revenue earning freight traf... . ...Read More

• Eastern Railway freight loading up 15.31% in Nov y-o-y

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: Operating freight loading of Eastern Railway (ER) during the month of November increa... . ...Read More

• Coal handling nil at Okha Port in November

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: Coal handling at Okha port stood at nil during the month of November 2014, according ... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Cochin Port at 622 tons in Nov

  10 Dec 2014

  December 10: Imports of gypsum via Cochin Port stood at 622 tons during the month of November 2014... . ...Read More

• Coal India Ltd to e-auction surplus coal from mines with evacuation problems

  10 Dec 2014

  State-owned Coal India LtdBSE -0.11 % has been asked to e-auction the surplus coal from those mine... . ...Read More

• Coal block auction: no cap on number of bids in round one

  10 Dec 2014

  The first round of coal block auctions will not put a cap on the number of blocks a developer can ... . ...Read More

• SC to hear challenge to coal block ordinance, refuses to re-examine cancellation

  10 Dec 2014

  The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a plea challenging the recent ordinance on coal block a... . ...Read More

• Investors seek clarity on Coal India achieving 1 bln tn production by 2019

  10 Dec 2014

  While the Coal Ministry is keen on going ahead with Coal India Ltd's (CIL) disinvestment most ... . ...Read More

• Lanco Infratech believes Australian coal asset will yield reasonable returns

  10 Dec 2014

  Lanco InfratechBSE 0.81 % believes its Australian coal asset remains viable and will yield "r... . ...Read More

• US utility coal consumption likely to slip in 2015: EIA

  10 Dec 2014

  The US Energy Information Administration projected a 1.2% increase in utility coal consumption thr... . ...Read More

• Ukraine’s Nov 2014 coal production nearly halves year-on-year

  10 Dec 2014

  Country is running short of power plant coal and is currently secretly negotiating possible purcha... . ...Read More