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• Supreme Court order on coal blocks could force nationalisation

  23 Sep 2014

  With the Supreme Court order on cancelling coal mining rights expected to throw up legal challenge... . ...Read More

• Coal India to raise prices 10%

  23 Sep 2014

  Coal India may raise prices of lower-grade coal, used to generate power, by a little over 10%... ... . ...Read More

• Coal import rush leads to port congestion

  23 Sep 2014

  India's power and steel companies are importing shiploads of coal due to a severe shortage at ... . ...Read More

• Tata power plant’s plan to switch to coal as fuel hits NGT hurdle

  23 Sep 2014

  Hopes that Tata Power Company will be able to soon enhance its thermal power production in the cit... . ...Read More

• We will sort out things faster than anybody has imagined: Goyal

  23 Sep 2014

  He admits that the present coal situation is messy but is sure that a turnaround is possible. Whil... . ...Read More

• Coal India scouting for locations for Rs 7,000 crore solar projects

  23 Sep 2014

  State-owned Coal India (CIL) is in the process of identifying places for setting up of solar proje... . ...Read More

• Over-crowding at Paradip may hit coal-starved power plants

  23 Sep 2014

  Shortage of rail rakes at Paradip Port may hit fuel-starved power plants' strategy to import c... . ...Read More

• BHP-Mitsubishi to cut about 700 Australia coal jobs

  23 Sep 2014

  BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi <8058.T) will cut about 700 jobs at coal mines they operate jointly... . ...Read More

• Stable trend in international coal markets

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: Spot coal prices remained stable in international markets on September 19, but Austr... . ...Read More

• India’s power generation up 0.45% in Aug

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: India’s power generation in August 2014 stood at 89.89 billion units (BU), up ... . ...Read More

• Indian power sector Aug capacity addition at 3,320 MW

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: India’s power generation capacity addition in August 2014 stood at 3,320 MW ag... . ...Read More

• J K Lakshmi eyes 18 mt production capacity by 2018-19

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: J K Lakshmi Cement Ltd is planning to increase its cement production capacity to 18 ... . ...Read More

• J K Lakshmi sees pet coke as future cement raw material

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: The lack of domestic coal availability through linkages, coupled with the recent gov... . ...Read More

• J K Lakshmi Durg unit mulls replacing desi coal with pet coke

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: J K Lakshmi Cement Ltd is evaluating plans to replace domestic coal with imported co... . ...Read More

• Is govt laying out ‘concrete road’ map to ease cement woes?

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: The Indian cement industry, which had been passing through a difficult phase due to ... . ...Read More