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• Supreme Court refuses to restrain coal companies from excavating coal for six months

  17 Oct 2014

  The Supreme Court has refused to restrain coal companies that have been asked to wind up their coa... . ...Read More

• India May Become World’s Largest Coal Importer

  17 Oct 2014

  It was to be expected. India’s coal imports in September zoomed up by 19% to 16 million tons... . ...Read More

• Coal scam probe officer recuses self

  17 Oct 2014

  Special CBI judge Bharat Parashar's adverse remarks against the agency's brass for filing ... . ...Read More

• Vijay Darda wrote to PMO for coal block allocation to JLD Yavatmal Energy Ltd : CBI

  17 Oct 2014

  Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda had written letters to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) and others for a... . ...Read More

• US coal supply cuts signal challenging winter for utilities

  17 Oct 2014

  NRG Energy Inc. (NRG), the largest publicly traded U.S. independent power producer, faces challeng... . ...Read More

• Australian coal takes advantage of Japanese nuclear fears

  17 Oct 2014

  Australia's coal exporters have identified Japan's post-Fukushima suspicion of nuclear ene... . ...Read More

• This fusion reactor could be cheaper than coal

  17 Oct 2014

  Fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true—zero greenhouse gas emissions, no long-lived... . ...Read More

• More signs that Chinese coal use may have brakes on

  17 Oct 2014

  China, a major strategic investor in fossil fuels, has set itself a 2014 target of slashing import... . ...Read More

• Increased use of coal in power generation cuts oil imports

  17 Oct 2014

  Increasing the share of domestic coal for power generation could reduce the trade deficit, minimiz... . ...Read More

• Taiwan Aug thermal coal imports up 20% on year

  17 Oct 2014

  Taiwan's thermal coal imports in August increased by 20% year on year to 5.96 million mt, as s... . ...Read More

• Study finds natural gas no cleaner than coal

  17 Oct 2014

  Report finds growing use of natural gas will result in overall rise in emissions rather than the d... . ...Read More

• Illegal coal shipments from Indonesia a persistent problem

  17 Oct 2014

  R. Sukhyar, Director General for Coal and Mineral Resources at the Indonesian Ministry of Energy a... . ...Read More

• International coal prices remain unchanged

  16 Oct 2014

  October 16: Prices of international coals remained unchanged on October 15 from that of October 14... . ...Read More

• SCCL eyes mine acquisitions in Mozambique, SA

  16 Oct 2014

  October 16: At a time when Coal India Ltd (CIL) is undertaking the final phase drilling at its twi... . ...Read More

• MCL hopes to achieve production target in FY15

  16 Oct 2014

  October 16: With the re-location issues involving some villagers at Hensumal addressed, Mahanadi C... . ...Read More