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• Power plants have less than a week of coal stocks left

  01 Sep 2014

  It was perhaps fitting that in the same week that the Supreme Court (SC) declared allocation of al... . ...Read More

• PMO seeks explanation on impact of coal e-auction cut

  01 Sep 2014

  Coal minister Piyush Goyal’s decision to halve the quantity of coal that Coal India sells th... . ...Read More

• Jaitley hopeful of fast decision on coal mines post-judgment

  01 Sep 2014

  Ahead of the hearing on coal blocks allocations issue on Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on ... . ...Read More

• Rites to submit DPR for Rs 8,000-cr coal corridor by Oct

  01 Sep 2014

  The 143 km long corridor is estimated to cost Rs 8000 crore Rites Ltd, the engineering and cons... . ...Read More

• Lessons from coal crunch: Chance to revamp & revive

  01 Sep 2014

  A court ruling this week that India’s decades-old method of granting coal mining concessions... . ...Read More

• Captive coal slip adds to DVC agony

  01 Sep 2014

  The shortage of coal sourced from its own mines has aggravated Damodar Valley Corporation’s ... . ...Read More

• Coal block allocation case: SC verdict to help in long run, say Coal Ministry officials

  01 Sep 2014

  Coal ministry officials are of the view the Supreme Court's (SC's)verdict invalidating all... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto’s SouthGobi Makes Second Distress Call as Coal Slumps

  01 Sep 2014

  SouthGobi Resources Ltd. (1878), a Mongolian coal miner controlled by Rio Tinto Plc, said it&rsquo... . ...Read More

• How Australia Perfected Solar Power and Then Went Back to Coal

  01 Sep 2014

  There was a time in the 1980s when Australia led the world in solar technology. To begin with, Aus... . ...Read More

• Coal industry dealt another setback as Oregon blocks export plan – will feds help?

  01 Sep 2014

  The coal industry has been dealt another blow after a state agency in Oregon denied a key permit f... . ...Read More

• baSA coal prices firm up, others remain stable

  29 Aug 2014

  August 29: Spot prices of South African steam coal firmed up a bit on August 28 on expectations of... . ...Read More

• ‘NTPC unlikely to be hit by SC ruling on captive blocks’

  29 Aug 2014

  August 29: NTPC is unlikely to lose any of its captive coal blocks even if the Supreme Court cance... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at power plants fall 9.46%

  29 Aug 2014

  August 29: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India fell by almost 9.46% as on Augus... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks rise at Paradip Port

  29 Aug 2014

  August 29: Stocks of imported coal at Paradip Port on the eastern coast of India, as reported by t... . ...Read More

• Coal handling by 15 Indian ports down 4% in July m-o-m

  29 Aug 2014

  August 29: Total coal handling by 15 major and minor Indian ports during the month of July 2014 fe... . ...Read More