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• India’s May pithead vendible coal stocks decline 14.54% y-o-y

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: India’s pithead vendible coal stocks fell 14.54% to 46.08 million tons (mt) as on t... . ...Read More

• Live storage in important reservoirs of India slightly higher as on June 26

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: The live storage available in 85 important reservoirs of India as on June 26, 2014 was 38... . ...Read More

• Coal handling by Indian ports up 5.22% in May m-o-m

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: Total coal handling by the major Indian ports during the month of May 2014 rose by 5.22% ... . ...Read More

• Rise in imported steam coal stock at Paradip port

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: The total stocks of coking and steam coal at Paradip port on the eastern coast of India, ... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at power plants fall in June

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India fell in June 2014 compared to that... . ...Read More

• Coal India not to be split: Minister Piyush Goyal

  30 Jun 2014

  Putting speculation of breaking up state behemoth Coal India to rest, Power and Coal Minister Piyu... . ...Read More

• MoEF panel recommends forest nod for OPGC coal blocks

  30 Jun 2014

  The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) h... . ...Read More

• ‘Will Light Up India in Next Five Years’

  30 Jun 2014

  The national Capital has internalised the idea of a power cut. On a mid-summer night, the rattle o... . ...Read More

• AP to procure power from TN, Karnataka, gets additional coal

  30 Jun 2014

  The Central Government has agreed to provide 4 lakh tonnes of coal from Western Coalfields Limited... . ...Read More

• NTPC may begin production from two coal mines by June 2016

  30 Jun 2014

  However, its another mine -- Chatti-Bariatu (South) -- in the eastern state will be developed by 2... . ...Read More

• Greenpeace vs Mahan Coal-Block: Hidden Agenda Behind Protests?

  30 Jun 2014

  The road to the contentious Mahan coal block, deep in the forested heart of Central India, meant t... . ...Read More

• BHP Billiton expects Caroona gateway certificate in a matter of weeks

  30 Jun 2014

  BHP Billiton said that it hopes to extract first coal from its Caroona project in 2021 as the comp... . ...Read More

• 400 people march in protest against Shenhua Watermark Coal project

  30 Jun 2014

  Shenhua’s Watermark Coal project headed to the Planning Assessment Commission this week as m... . ...Read More

• Sluggish trend in international coal markets

  27 Jun 2014

  June 27: A sluggish trend prevailed in international coal markets amidst low demand from all major... . ...Read More

• CMPDI receives 2 bids in competitive bidding, fate of blocks uncertain

  27 Jun 2014

  June 27: The fate of the three coal blocks put for competitive bidding looks uncertain as CMPDI ha... . ...Read More