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• MoEF Asks Coal Ministry to Check Coal Blocks in Dense Forests

  26 Nov 2014

  To avoid clashes with the Coal Ministry over mining in forest areas, the Ministry of Environment a... . ...Read More

• Meghalaya’s Coal Shutdown Order Tests Law and New Court’s Resolve

  26 Nov 2014

  On April 17, in a ruling that stunned miners, truckers, and owners in this region of black dust an... . ...Read More

• Govt looking for ways to double Coal India output

  26 Nov 2014

  The government is in the process of formulating strategies to almost double Coal India's outpu... . ...Read More

• UPA Coal official admitted: Govt went out of its way to accommodate Hindalco

  26 Nov 2014

  Among the evidence collected by the CBI on the Hindalco case is a revealing file noting by the the... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Why was Manmohan Singh not examined, special court asks CBI

  26 Nov 2014

  The CBI was on Tuesday asked by a special court as to whether it has examined former Prime Ministe... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Not permitted to quiz Manmohan, CBI tells court

  26 Nov 2014

  The officer probing a coal block allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, Tue... . ...Read More

• ED summons former coal minister Dasari Narayana Rao

  26 Nov 2014

  Stepping up its heat into the multicrore coal block allocation scam, the Enforcement Directorate (... . ...Read More

• New Largo coal supply talks with Anglo back on track: Eskom

  26 Nov 2014

  Electricity utility Eskom says it and Anglo American have concluded a memorandum of understanding ... . ...Read More

• Big 4 banks under pressure to rule out funding Queensland projects

  26 Nov 2014

  Environmental groups accuse government of leaning on banks to back mines despite being signatories... . ...Read More

• Germany cuts coal to reach climate targets

  26 Nov 2014

  Germany wants to reduce coal power to achieve its climate goal - and send a positive signal to the... . ...Read More

• Chinese October thermal coal imports hit three year low

  26 Nov 2014

  Chinese thermal coal imports dropped to a 36-month low of 12.5M tonnes in October, shipping analys... . ...Read More

• China committed to cutting coal use but needs new tech

  26 Nov 2014

  China is committed to sharply limiting its coal consumption but needs new clean technologies befor... . ...Read More

• Coal mine fire kills 24 in China: Xinhua

  26 Nov 2014

  A fire at a coal mine in northeast China killed 24 workers on Wednesday, state media reported. ... . ...Read More

• Russian partners have suspended coal supplies: Ukraine’s DTEK

  26 Nov 2014

  The company confirms that coal supplies under contracts with Russian contractors were suspended fr... . ...Read More

• Fourth vessel with coal from South Africa reaches Ukraine

  26 Nov 2014

  The MBA Rosaria vessel at the Ilyichevsk port has 84,600 tons of South African coal The fourth ... . ...Read More