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• Aug met coke imports via New Mangalore fall 44%

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: Met coke imports via New Mangalore Port fell 44.44% during August 2014 to 27,500 ton... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via New Mangalore sharply fall in Aug

  22 Sep 2014

  September 22: Imports of gypsum via New Mangalore Port stood at 54 tons during the month of August... . ...Read More

• CIL may have to ration coal for some plants to feed private units

  22 Sep 2014

  The ministry of power's proposal to provide nine private players including Adani's plant a... . ...Read More

• ‘Coal dependency is not a bad thing’

  22 Sep 2014

  Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goy... . ...Read More

• Coal block investments: Rs 2.86 lakh cr impact figure highly inflated

  22 Sep 2014

  The Supreme Court recently termed all captive coal blocks allocated by the government from 1993 to... . ...Read More

• Affidavits by 40 operational captive blocks show irregularities

  22 Sep 2014

  Earlier this month, companies with operating captive coal blocks submitted affidavits in the Supre... . ...Read More

• UP allows 2 private power companies to import coal

  22 Sep 2014

  UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has allowed two private power generation companies to import ... . ...Read More

• Power Engineers seek Akhilesh intervention on UPPCL decision on coal exports

  22 Sep 2014

  Terming Uttar Pradesh's power utility UPPCL's decision to allow coal export to two private... . ...Read More

• MoU signed with Chinese firm on coal mining

  22 Sep 2014

  An MoU was signed between the Punjab government and China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC)... . ...Read More

• Uttar Pradesh Government to Inform Centre About Coal Shortage On Twitter

  22 Sep 2014

    Officials of the Uttar Pradesh government will assess coal shortage in the state on a dai... . ...Read More

• 1.5 billion tonnes of coal set to be burnt in Jharkhand, W Bengal

  22 Sep 2014

  Even as the country is reeling under a power crisis due to shortage of coal, about 1.5 billion ton... . ...Read More

• Report predicts China will hit peak thermal coal demand by 2016

  22 Sep 2014

  CHRIS UHLMANN: China will hit peak thermal coal demand by 2016. That's the conclusion of a rep... . ...Read More

• China Coal Peak Imminent Makes Coal Risky Investment: Study

  22 Sep 2014

  Chinese demand for coal may peak as soon as this year, hurting a world market already suffering fr... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal industry deepens push for output cuts

  22 Sep 2014

  An industry body representing China’s coal-mining industry has vowed to continue its push fo... . ...Read More

• China power plants exempt from ban on using low-quality coal: sources

  22 Sep 2014

  China's bid to limit the consumption of low-quality thermal coal in major cities to help curb ... . ...Read More