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• Peabody says Investors See Worst May Be Over for Coal

  28 Oct 2014

  Investors see that the worst may be over for the coal market after a series of output cuts around ... . ...Read More

• What is the emissions impact of switching from coal to gas?

  28 Oct 2014

  The US's shale gas boom is credited with helping the country cut power sector emissions 16 per... . ...Read More

• Mixed trend in global coal prices bids absence

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: A holiday mood prevailed in international coal markets on October 24 and, except for A... . ...Read More

• Roll out of e-auction of de-allocated blocks soon: Srivastava

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: The government is on the verge of finalising the modalities for e-auctioning of the de... . ...Read More

• State-owned power co expects to get back lost block

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: Even as the government plans to hold auction of cancelled blocks at the earliest, a st... . ...Read More

• Block allottees to be compensated for land, mine development

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: The government has included provisions for compensating the 204 coal block allocattees... . ...Read More

• DVC likely to suffer losses in current financial year

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: Constrained by various limiting factors, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is expected ... . ...Read More

• Jharkhand’s power dues to DVC surge to Rs 8,000 crore

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: The total outstanding dues of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) against the pow... . ...Read More

• Members can access PF details online from CMPFO

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: The more than 4.107 lakh members of the Indian coal industry registered with the Coal ... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports down 2.52% w-o-w

  27 Oct 2014

  October 27: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &nd... . ...Read More

• Coal India arm asks buyers to transport one-third of deliveries by road

  27 Oct 2014

  First the Union coal minister Piyush Goyal put a brake on e-auction of coal, triggering huge prote... . ...Read More

• Government mulling to set up coal regulator; to come up with strategy to auction coal blocks

  27 Oct 2014

  The government is planning to set up a Directorate General of Coal, along the lines of the agency... . ...Read More

• Coal mining ordinance: Turning crisis into an opportunity

  27 Oct 2014

  Within two days of the Union Cabinet deciding to bring in an ordinance to handle the situation ari... . ...Read More

• Coal Ordinance: Experts doubt if it will be a lasting solution for the troubled sector

  27 Oct 2014

  Power producers will have to renegotiate tariffs with the state distribution companies they supply... . ...Read More

• December drill for coal auction

  27 Oct 2014

  A government note being prepared for the cabinet has suggested that the coal-e-auction process sho... . ...Read More