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• 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

• Chinese firm expresses interest in acquiring CoAL shares

  21 Aug 2014

  Junior miner Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has acknowledged that a subsidiary of Beijing Haohua En... . ...Read More

• European Coal Price Poised to Rise on Cooler Weather, Marex Says

  21 Aug 2014

  European coal prices will increase at the end of August as temperatures start dropping and lower U... . ...Read More

• London, Singapore coal derivative traded volumes up 4% on month: LEBA

  21 Aug 2014

  Total volumes of OTC and exchange-cleared financially settled coal derivatives traded in London an... . ...Read More

• Coal mining begins at Maules Creek site after months of protests

  21 Aug 2014

  After months of protests, Whitehaven has officially begun open-cut mining at its flagship Maules C... . ...Read More

• Exporting coal to Asia could slash emissions

  21 Aug 2014

  Under the right scenario, exporting U.S. coal to power plants in South Korea could lead to a 21% d... . ...Read More

• Coal foes to keep up fight after big victory

  21 Aug 2014

  Whatcom County and Seattle declared a victory in their regional fight against coal terminals, afte... . ...Read More

• Colombia coal production rises 14 pct in first half of the year

  21 Aug 2014

  Colombia's coal production rose to 47.3 million tonnes in the first half of the year, the gove... . ...Read More

• Ukraine Faces Coal Shortage After Rail Lines Destroyed

  21 Aug 2014

  Pelicourt, the private equity firm, and Donbass Energy, which has operations ranging from coal min... . ...Read More

• Lack of Asian demand pushes down SA coal prices

  20 Aug 2014

  August 20: Spot prices of South African coal slipped sharply on August 19 in the absence of enquir... . ...Read More