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• Coal handling at Kandla Port up 18.97% in Aug m-o-m

  09 Sep 2014

  September 9: Coal handling at Kandla Port stood at 1,160,000 tons during the month of August 2014,... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mumbai up 50.27% in July m-o-m

  09 Sep 2014

  September 9: Steam coal imports through the port of Mumbai increased 50.27% to 405,740 tons in Jul... . ...Read More

• SC to decide fate of 218 blocks today

  09 Sep 2014

  The Supreme Court will on Tuesday decide the fate of 218 coal blocks, whose allocation it had decl... . ...Read More

• Govt maintains neutral stand on coal block allocations in SC

  09 Sep 2014

  The Centre on Monday furnished to the Supreme Court details of 46 coal blocks, either operational ... . ...Read More

• Coal block auctions likely by FY15-end: Report

  09 Sep 2014

  As the government awaits Supreme Court's decision on the mines allotted since 1993, Ministry o... . ...Read More

• SC to decide fate of 218 blocks today

  09 Sep 2014

  The Supreme Court will on Tuesday decide the fate of 218 coal blocks, whose allocation it had decl... . ...Read More

• Kamarajar Port’s Sical iron ore terminal gets nod to handle coal

  09 Sep 2014

  A terminal built to handle iron ore at the Kamarajar Port near Chennai in Tamil Nadu may be allowe... . ...Read More

• Coal India assessing reserves of Mozambique mines

  09 Sep 2014

  As part of the drive to ramp up production,  Coal India Ltd is assessing the reserves at its ... . ...Read More

• Consumers to gain from coal supply to stranded power plants: Govt

  09 Sep 2014

  A government plan to get stranded power projects moving through coal supplies is meant to benefit ... . ...Read More

• Collector takes steps to curb black-marketing of coal

  09 Sep 2014

  District collector Deepak Mhaisekar has directed WCL authorities to ensure that coal supplied to v... . ...Read More

• The Ironies of Shipping U.S. Coal From B.C.

  09 Sep 2014

  The latest battleground for U.S. President Barack Obama's so-called war on coal isn't even... . ...Read More

• Little change in international coal market sentiment

  08 Sep 2014

  Sep 08: Continued absence of fresh enquiries forced South African and Australian coal prices to ea... . ...Read More

• No proposal from CIL to re-consider cut in e-auction quantity: Goyal

  08 Sep 2014

  September 8: The coal ministry (MoC) has not received any proposal from Coal India Ltd (CIL) for r... . ...Read More

• Govt. to take a call on captive coal blocks post SC verdict: Goyal

  08 Sep 2014

  September 8: The government will take a call on what to do with captive coal blocks only after get... . ...Read More

• CIL to purchase 250 additional rakes

  08 Sep 2014

  September 8: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has given an in-principle decision to purchase 250 additional ra... . ...Read More