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• S Africa’s coal exports fall for 3rd consecutive month in June

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: Total coal exports through South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) fell thi... . ...Read More

• Exports of S African coal to China at 164,999 tons in June

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: Exports of South African coal to China stood at 164,999 tons in June 2014 while during the... . ...Read More

• No independent pricing authority for coal: Minister

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: The government has no plans to set up an independent pricing authority for coal, the Minis... . ...Read More

• Indian coal production may touch 715 mt by 2016-17: Goyal

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: India’s coal production by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan is likely to reach 715... . ...Read More

• 70% of coal fired- power plants have critical coal stocks: MoC

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: Seventy of the 100 coal-based power plants in India monitored by the Central Electricity A... . ...Read More

• Power utilities advised to import coal to meet fuel shortage

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: The Ministry of Coal, on July, advised power utilities to enhance coal imports in order to... . ...Read More

• NTPC plans 4,000-MW power plant in Telangana

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: NTPC Limited, the largest power utility in India, has planned to set up a 4,000- MW power ... . ...Read More

• Government asks power producers to increase import of coal

  08 Jul 2014

  The government has advised power utilities to increase coal imports to meet fuel shortages and tho... . ...Read More

• Indian coal-based utilities face shortfall of 84.71 million mt 2014-15

  08 Jul 2014

  Indian coal-based power utilities face a shortage of 84.71 million mt in the fiscal year to March ... . ...Read More

• Coal India eyes 354 mt annual output from 118 projects

  08 Jul 2014

  In a separate reply to the Upper House, Goyal said as per the report of the Working Group on Coal ... . ...Read More

• No plans to set up independent pricing authority for coal: Govt

  08 Jul 2014

  There are no plans to set up independent pricing authority for coal, Parliament was informed today... . ...Read More

• Budget 2014: Govt should take steps to ramp up coal production, says IPCL

  08 Jul 2014

  The government should take measures in the Union Budget to ramp up coal production in the country,... . ...Read More

• Odisha seeks early mining lease of coal block for OPGC expansion

  08 Jul 2014

  The Odisha government today urged Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal to expedite grant of mining... . ...Read More

• Coal production projected to reach 795 mt by end of 12th Plan: Optimistic Scenario

  08 Jul 2014

  The Report of the Working Group on Coal & Lignite for formulation of the Twelfth Five Year Pla... . ...Read More

• The coal conundrum

  08 Jul 2014

  While more benign technologies like solar and wind energy are the future, countries like India hav... . ...Read More