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• No gypsum imports through Paradip Port in August

  17 Sep 2014

  September 17: There were no gypsum imports through the port of Paradip in August, as per provision... . ...Read More

• Coking coal sees good demand at e-auction in July

  17 Sep 2014

  (Corrected version of news item carried in ICMW dated August 6, 2014) September 17: Washery grad... . ...Read More

• Coking coal sees good demand in July e-auction on other platform

  17 Sep 2014

  (Corrected version of news item carried in ICMW dated August 27, 2014) September 17: Fair demand... . ...Read More

• Coal sector unions defer work-to-rule

  17 Sep 2014

  Majority of the five central coal sector trade unions, which had threatened to go on a three-day w... . ...Read More

• PE firms’ power sector deals may come unstuck over SC coal decision

  17 Sep 2014

  Private equity (PE) firms such as Blackstone Group LP, 3i Group Plc and Warburg Pincus India Pvt. ... . ...Read More

• Black Lung Among Coal Miners At Highest Level In 40 Years

  17 Sep 2014

  Rates of a deadly form of black lung are the highest they’ve been in 40 years among Appalach... . ...Read More

• There’s fire in our China coal exports yet

  17 Sep 2014

  It's far from uncommon for Chinese policy initiatives to be somewhat opaque. That seems to be ... . ...Read More

• EPA Regs to Have Heavy Impact on Coal Plants Despite ‘Attempts to Disguise’

  17 Sep 2014

  The Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation will have a harsher impact on coal-fueled p... . ...Read More

• US senator to ask Congress to suspend coal sales

  17 Sep 2014

  A U.S. senator said Tuesday he will ask fellow lawmakers to halt coal sales on federal lands in th... . ...Read More

• Risky business: China dumps our dirty coal

  17 Sep 2014

  Australian coal exporters are scrambling to clarify the fallout from changes to China's coal i... . ...Read More

• Spot coal prices flat in international markets

  16 Sep 2014

  September 16: Seaborne coal prices remained flat in the international coal markets on September 15... . ...Read More

• ICVL invested $50 m in acquiring Rio’s Mozambique assets

  16 Sep 2014

  September 16: International Coal Ventures Private Limited (ICVL), the joint venture between SAIL, ... . ...Read More

• SAIL to increase PCI coal share in fuel basket

  16 Sep 2014

  September 16: Steel Authority of India is looking to increase the percentage of PCI coal in its fu... . ...Read More

• Q4 coking coal contracts to be headed southwards

  16 Sep 2014

  September 16: Fourth quarter coking coal contracts would be on a downward trend, ICMW has learnt. ... . ...Read More

• CCEA sanctions Rs 4,754.42 cr for intra-state T&D system

  16 Sep 2014

  September 16: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), on September 15, approved a grant ... . ...Read More