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• Malabar Cements floats 25,000-tons imported coal NIT

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Malabar Cements, one of the leading cement manufacturers based out of Kerala, has float... . ...Read More

• Imported coal evacuation hit at Vizag Port on rakes shortage

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Railway rakes shortage is hampering steam coal movement from the port of Vizag despite ... . ...Read More

• Apr-Jul coal imports surge 18%; FY15 figure to cross 200 mt

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: India’s coal imports (coking coal, steam coal, PCI, anthracite coal, pet coke, me... . ...Read More

• CIL may miss FY15 supply target to power sector

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: Coal India Ltd (CIL) may miss its annual target of supplying 440 million tons (mt) of c... . ...Read More

• India raises royalty rate on iron ore by 5%, coal spared

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: The Indian government has raised the royalty rate on iron ore and chromite to 15% from ... . ...Read More

• Construction of 10 new nuke projects to start in 12th Plan

  21 Aug 2014

  August 21: The government plans to start constructions of 10 more nuclear power projects with a co... . ...Read More

• SAIL-Tata Steel JV seeks to buy overseas coal assets

  21 Aug 2014

  Less than three weeks after acquiring a large coal property in Mozambique, Steel Authority of Indi... . ...Read More

• Political risk dims outlook for coal

  21 Aug 2014

  Pledges by the EU, the United States and China to commit to stricter emission reduction targets co... . ...Read More

• Centre should hike coal royalty to 20%: Soren

  21 Aug 2014

  Chief Minister Hemant Soren today demanded that the Central government should increase the royalty... . ...Read More

• Goyal seeks Soren help to boost coal production

  21 Aug 2014

  Union minister of state for power, coal, new & renewable energy, Piyush Goyal on Wednesday ask... . ...Read More

• Gujarat CM Writes to Goyal on supply of inferior CIL coal

  21 Aug 2014

  Complaining of inferior coal being supplied to its power plants, the Gujarat Government has asked ... . ...Read More

• Floods, coal shortage hit power generation

  21 Aug 2014

  Some 3,200 MW of hydel generation capacity in the northern region was pulled off the grid on Wedne... . ...Read More

• Govt mulls prior green nod for future coal block auction

  21 Aug 2014

  Recently, Union power and coal minister Piyush Goyal indicated 'revisiting' the auction po... . ...Read More

• Parakh blames CBI for spoiling reputation by filing wrong case

  21 Aug 2014

  Former Coal Secretary PC Parakh has said the Supreme Court must take "strong note" of CB... . ...Read More

• Increase in coal tax will scale up Indian renewables

  21 Aug 2014

  India needs economic growth for sustainable development, which in turn requires access to clean, c... . ...Read More