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• Coal India to produce 1 billion tonnes by 2019: Goyal

  07 Nov 2014

  State-miner Coal India (CIL) is looking to double its production to a billion tonnes in the next f... . ...Read More

• Coal Will Still Be King in 2015

  07 Nov 2014

  Stricter clean air regulations and competition from cheap natural gas won’t slow the world&r... . ...Read More

• Donetsk Authorities Halt Coal Sales Talks With Kiev Over Ceasefire Violations

  07 Nov 2014

  Authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine have sus... . ...Read More

• Little change in international coal markets

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Spot coal prices in international markets showed little change on November 5 as prices... . ...Read More

• India’s 2014 coal imports set to cross 200 mt

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Buoyed by lower international prices over the past year and a shortage in domestic sup... . ...Read More

• Sharp rise in India’s per capita electricity consumption

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: India’s per capita consumption of electricity stood at 917.18 kWh in 2012-13, ta... . ...Read More

• MAHAGENCO’s Apr-Oct power generation up 17.39%

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd, popularly known as MAHANGECO, has ... . ...Read More

• Gujarat NRE Coke posts Rs 77.34-crore loss in Q2

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Gujarat NRE Coke Limited posted a loss of Rs 77.34 crore during the quarter ended Sept... . ...Read More

• J K Cement 2nd quarter net increases sharply

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Riding on the back of higher volume and better realisation, J K Cement Limited posted ... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp 2nd quarter net profit down 22%

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship company of the MP Birla Group, reported a 21.9... . ...Read More

• Govt clears amendments to Merchant Shipping Bill

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: The Union Cabinet, on November 5, approved the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 201... . ...Read More

• Indian Railways to promote bio-diesel usage

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Indian Railways has decided to promote use of bio-diesel to save foreign exchange and ... . ...Read More

• Torrent Power posts net of Rs 57.01 cr in Q2

  06 Nov 2014

  November 6: Torrent Power Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 57.01 crore during the quarter end... . ...Read More

• Replication of coal reforms imminent for mining other minerals, says Arun Jaitley

  06 Nov 2014

  After the coal mining reform plan, for which the government recently announced an ordinance on all... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp to claim compensation for defunct coal blocks

  06 Nov 2014

  Birla Corporation Ltd plans to submit a compensation claim to the Madhya Pradesh Government for it... . ...Read More