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• RIL cuts pet coke prices by Rs 100/ton for July loading

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s largest petroleum coke producer, has reduced ... . ...Read More

• Indian cement-makers expect global pet coke prices to ease

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: A section of Indian cement-makers expect international petroleum coke prices to soften a b... . ...Read More

• Rake shortage affecting coal supplies to non-power sector

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: Insufficient availability of rakes is affecting supply of imported coal lying at various p... . ...Read More

• India accounts for 50.84% of SA’s June coal exports

  08 Jul 2014

  July 8: Indian companies purchased as much as 50.84% of the total coal exported through South Afri... . ...Read More

• 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