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• Mahagenco may extend price bid finalisation of imported coal tender

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (Mahagenco), which had floated a tender to... . ...Read More

• Rake shortage affecting supplies of imported coal from ports to plants: trader

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: Restricted availability of rakes for transportation of imported coal from ports to consum... . ...Read More

• India’s May coal production up 5.48%

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: India’s coal production in May 2014 stood at 45.58 million tons (mt), up 5.48% comp... . ...Read More

• May output of Indian captive coal blocks up 20%

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: The coal production from the captive blocks in India rose almost 20% to 5.59 million tons... . ...Read More

• India’s coking coal output up 4.60% m-o-m in May

  30 Jun 2014

  June 30: India’s coking coal production in May increased by 4.60% to 4.54 million tons (mt) ... . ...Read More

• 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