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• India’s June coal production up 8.14%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: India’s coal production in June 2014 stood at 43.70 million tons (mt), up 8.14% com... . ...Read More

• June output from Indian captive blocks up 25.87%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Coal production from the captive blocks in India rose 25.87% to 5.45 million tons (mt) in... . ...Read More

• India’s coking coal output edges down 2% m-o-m in Jun

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: India’s month-on-month coking coal production in June dropped slightly by 1.98% to ... . ...Read More

• India’s Jun pithead vendible coal stocks drop 16.33% y-o-y

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: India’s pithead vendible coal stocks dropped 16.33% to 42.22 million tons (mt) as o... . ...Read More

• CIL’s June coal despatches down 5.93% m-o-m

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Despatches by Coal India Ltd (CIL) stood at 38.26 million tons (mt) in June 2014 against ... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL up 28.16% in June m-o-m

  31 Jul 2014

  June 13: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Compa... . ...Read More

• Govt directive causes sharp fall in allotment via June e-auction

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: The government’s directive to Coal India Ltd (CIL) - to restrict its coal offering ... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal allotment via forward e-auction falls 59.37%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Allotment of coal by Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiaries via the forward e-auction rout... . ...Read More

• June shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities at 2.2 mt

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: Total shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities during June 2014 stood at 2.20... . ...Read More

• 40 power utilities received excess coal in June

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: A total of 40 power plants out of 121 in the country received coal in excess of their req... . ...Read More

• NTPC’s Q1 net profit declines 12.89%

  31 Jul 2014

  July 31: National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), on July 31, reported a 12.89% decline ... . ...Read More

• ICVL buys coal mines in Mozambique for a bargain-basement price of $50 million from Rio Tinto

  31 Jul 2014

  A consortium of Indian state-run firms has bought a bunch of once prized coal mines in Mozambique ... . ...Read More

• Panel recommends green clearance to Fatehpur East Coal mine

  31 Jul 2014

  A high level committee has recommended green clearance for Fatehpur East Coal Pvt Ltd's mining... . ...Read More

• Nalco moves a notch ahead to start its coal mine project

  31 Jul 2014

  The state government has now decided to distribute the land titles while Nalco will take care of d... . ...Read More

• Coal black market may weigh in @60 mt a year

  31 Jul 2014

  13% CIL output worth $1.5b being pilfered Every night, about 30 tractors loaded with coal arrive ... . ...Read More