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• Railways laid 55,000 km rail lines since 1951

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: Indian Railways expanded its network and executed a large number of capacity enhancemen... . ...Read More

• Railways cuts on-roll employee strength by 0.33 m

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: Indian Railways has reduced its on-roll employee strength by 0.33 million during the 22... . ...Read More

• WBMDTC eyes peak output at Trans Damodar in FY15

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation (WBMDTC), the first state agenc... . ...Read More

• WBMDTC to start production at UG mines in 2017-18

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation (WBMDTC), which started product... . ...Read More

• WBMDTC to become loan-free by FY17

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation (WBMDTC), which became profit-e... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports edge up w-o-w

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: India's imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &nda... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Kandla almost treble in July

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: Coking coal imports through the port of Kandla stood at 72,841 tons in July 2014, up al... . ...Read More

• July steam coal imports via Kandla down 0.18% m-o-m

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: Steam coal imports through the port of Kandla stood at 670,415 tons in July 2014, down ... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Kandla at 25,500 tons in July

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: Imports of pet coke via Kandla Port stood at 25,500 tons during the month of July 2014 ... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Kandla drop sharply in July

  18 Aug 2014

  August 18: Imports of gypsum through Kandla Port stood at only 5,000 tons during July 2014, sharpl... . ...Read More

• Coal task force to submit report in August

  18 Aug 2014

  The new Inter-Ministerial Task Force constituted to undertake a comprehensive review of coal sourc... . ...Read More

• Govt may offer foreign cos coal blocks given up by developers

  18 Aug 2014

  The government plans to invite foreign companies to produce gas from coal blocks that have been re... . ...Read More

• SAIL, RINL, NMDC to form SPV to buy Rio Tinto’s Mozambique coal assets for $50 m

  18 Aug 2014

  Consortium members of International Coal Ventures Ltd - SAIL, RINL and NMDC - will form a special ... . ...Read More

• Australia okays $2 bn rail line for Adani coal project

  18 Aug 2014

  Indian conglomerate Adani Mining today won state approval to build a 300-km rail line for its $15 ... . ...Read More

• Singareni seeks Coal Videsh aid to buy foreign coal assets

  18 Aug 2014

  Singareni Collieries, India's second-largest state-owned coal miner, sought the assistance of ... . ...Read More