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• Oct anthracite imports via Paradip Port drop 48% m-o-m

  07 Nov 2014

  November 7: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Paradip were at 6,000 tons in October 2014... . ...Read More

• Paradip gypsum imports surge to 186,100 tons in Oct

  07 Nov 2014

  November 7: Gypsum imports through the Port of Paradip spurted manifold to 186,100 tons in October... . ...Read More

• With the coal blocks comes a land bank of 14,000 hectares

  07 Nov 2014

  The government will begin acquiring nearly 14,000 hectares of land bearing coal from December and ... . ...Read More

• Coal block winners may have to pay 10% upfront

  07 Nov 2014

  Winners of coal blocks for steel, sponge iron and captive power plants would have to pay 10% of th... . ...Read More

• Power co rush to fix coal import deals amid fall in global prices

  07 Nov 2014

  It's busy season for the power sector with regards to coal imports as entities like NTPC, Madh... . ...Read More

• Captive power producers see rise in coal prices

  07 Nov 2014

  Industries banking on their own power projects are increasingly unable to operate their captive pl... . ...Read More

• October coal imports fall by 9 per cent; hit by port congestion : mjunction

  07 Nov 2014

  India's coal imports fell 9 per cent to 15.33 million tonnes in October from a month ago as cy... . ...Read More

• Will the Republicans Really Trigger a Coal Bull Market?

  07 Nov 2014

  The markets reacted positively to the big Republican win as once again the Dow Utilities led the w... . ...Read More

• NGT questions quality checks on coal supplied to power generation utilities

  07 Nov 2014

    The National Green Tribunal, Pune, recently issued bailable warrants against two official... . ...Read More

• 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