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• There should be thrust on coal import now: Ex-CIL chairman

  04 Sep 2014

  The number of thermal plants left with less than seven days of coal reserves has risen from 52 las... . ...Read More

• Mahan Coal missing from the requested exempt list to Supreme Court

  04 Sep 2014

  Mahan Coal Block, a joint venture between Hindalco IndustriesBSE -3.85 % and Essar Power, does not... . ...Read More

• Ready for any eventuality: Govt on final SC decision on coal

  04 Sep 2014

  Government today said it was awaiting the final decision of the Supreme Court on the coal block al... . ...Read More

• Government to take neutral stand in Supreme Court on coal block allocations

  04 Sep 2014

  The government will not press its request for sparing 46 coal blocks from cancellation at the next... . ...Read More

• Centre mulls tweaking of coal block auction norms

  04 Sep 2014

  Following the Supreme Court's declaration that termed allocation of more than 200 coal blocks ... . ...Read More

• Govt seeks affidavit from coal, lignite block allottees

  04 Sep 2014

  The government has sought an affidavit by tomorrow from allotees of 46 coal and 15 lignite mines a... . ...Read More

• Rains bring down spot power prices

  04 Sep 2014

  The coal stock in power plants remained precarious though rain showers cooled the spot power price... . ...Read More

• MoEF Eases Norms for Coal Mining Projects

  04 Sep 2014

  In a move to increase coal production to meet the huge power demand, the Union Ministry of Environ... . ...Read More

• Piyush Goyal clears coal swap between NTPC, Gujarat plants

  04 Sep 2014

  Power minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday approved swapping of coal between state-run generation ut... . ...Read More

• Coal supply turns worse, 100 power plants face crisis

  04 Sep 2014

  Industry, govt officials blame it on problems in evacuation Coal shortage at India’s th... . ...Read More

• Coal stockpile clogs Vizag port on rake shortage

  04 Sep 2014

  Railways can supply only nine rakes against a daily requirement of 16 The Visakhapatnam port is... . ...Read More

• MoEF public hearing exemption for coal mines

  04 Sep 2014

  Environment ministry decides to give one-time exemption from public hearing for coal mines' ex... . ...Read More

• Coal trouble: Assam tea growers’ cost to double

  04 Sep 2014

  Producers plan to buy CIL’s e-auctioned coal after the mining ban in Meghalaya. Bringing coa... . ...Read More

• Development of 8 NTPC coal blocks gets delayed

  04 Sep 2014

  In Pakri-Barwadih block, production was slated to begin in December 2013, but that didn’t ha... . ...Read More

• Sical may switch to handling coal at Kamarajar Port

  04 Sep 2014

  The board of Ennore’s Kamarajar Port Ltd’s (KPL) has consented to Sical Logistics hand... . ...Read More