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• Hindalco gets ready for life without captive coal blocks

  26 Sep 2014

  Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco is set to pay a Rs 500- crore fine after the Supreme Court can... . ...Read More

• Metallurgical coal at 6-year low as Chinese demand slows

  26 Sep 2014

  The quarterly benchmark price for metallurgical coal dropped to a six-year low, according to Doyle... . ...Read More

• Investors run out of coal

  26 Sep 2014

  SC verdict body blow to Power Inc... The state’s energy sector has slumped in the wake of... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Court to hear plea on closure report on October 9

  26 Sep 2014

  A special court has fixed October 9 for considering a closure report in which CBI has concluded th... . ...Read More

• Karnataka to lose its lone coal block

  26 Sep 2014

  The Supreme Court's verdict has stripped Karnataka of its lone coal block in Maharashtra. &n... . ...Read More

• Coal India throws support behind solar energy

  26 Sep 2014

  Coal India has announced plans to develop solar power projects throughout India with $1.2 billion ... . ...Read More

• Supreme Court verdict on coal block allocations set to push up coal import bill

  26 Sep 2014

  India Ratings sees imports rising by $6.22 billion next fiscal The cancellation of coal mines by... . ...Read More

• China’s war on pollution could leave Aussie coal out in the cold

  26 Sep 2014

  China’s recent move to limit imports of the dirtiest coal from 2015 onwards is a scary prosp... . ...Read More

• Further soft trend in international coal markets

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: A lack of bids in anticipation of a further decline in prices led to a weak trend in... . ...Read More

• CIL restructuring or privatisation - What will help country?

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: The coal ministry is believed to be working vigorously for privatisation and or rest... . ...Read More

• SC order to have one-time impact of Rs 500 cr: HINDALCO

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: HINDALCO Industries Ltd, commenting on the coal block de-allocation by the Supreme C... . ...Read More

• Electrosteel mulls legal recourse for block cancellation

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: Electrosteel Castings Limited (ECL) is considering plans to take legal recourse for ... . ...Read More

• Jayprakash terminates talks with RPower on hydro assets sale

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd‘s draft scheme of arrangement for hiving off the... . ...Read More

• RPower, Indiabulls Power unaffected by de-allocation

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: Coal blocks allocated to Reliance Power Limited and India Bulls Power Limited remain... . ...Read More

• Rake shortage dogs 2 major coal importing ports

  25 Sep 2014

  September 25: A shortage in rakes for transporting coal continued to be a major problem for two of... . ...Read More