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• Coal stocks at power plants dip further

  04 Sep 2014

  September 4: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India continue with their declining ... . ...Read More

• Paradip Port’s August cargo handling up 3% y-o-y

  04 Sep 2014

  September 4: Cargo handling by Paradip Port during August 2014 increased 3.38% to 6.11 million ton... . ...Read More

• CIL unions threaten ‘work to rule’ strike for 3 days

  04 Sep 2014

  September 4: Five major trade unions at Coal India Limited (CIL) have threatened to go on a three-... . ...Read More

• Green nod for Kohinoor Power’s captive plant

  04 Sep 2014

  September 4: Kolkata-based Kohinoor Power Private Ltd has obtained the environmental clearance (EC... . ...Read More

• CIL to reduce selling coal through e-auctions by almost half

  04 Sep 2014

  Amid acute shortage of coal for power sector, Coal India has accepted the government's request... . ...Read More

• A new dawn for Indian Coal?

  04 Sep 2014

  With the Supreme Court verdict around the corner, this is a new dawn for the Indian Coal sector an... . ...Read More

• 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