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• Transportation issues and heavy rains affect CIL’s production

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: The production of coal at two subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on June 19 got affecte... . ...Read More

• Railways’ coal handling up 1.62% m-o-m in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Indian Railways (IR) transported 43.96 million tons (mt) of coal in May 2014, up 1.62% fr... . ...Read More

• May shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities at 1.382 mt

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Total shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities during May 2014 stood at 1.382... . ...Read More

• 52 power utilities received excess coal in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A total of 52 power plants out of 121 in the country received coal in excess of their req... . ...Read More

• May anthracite coal imports via Chennai down 11.97 % m-o-m

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Anthracite coal imports via Chennai Port dropped 11.97% to 507 tons in May, 2014 against ... . ...Read More

• No PCI coal imports via Chennai Port in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: There were no PCI coal imports via Chennai Port for three consecutive months including Ma... . ...Read More

• No met coke imports through Chennai Port in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: There were no met coke imports through Chennai Port for two consecutive months, including... . ...Read More

• Negligible pet coke exports via Chennai in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A small quantity of 2 tons of pet coke was exported through Chennai Port in May 2014 to O... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Chennai up sharply in May m-o-m

  20 Jun 2014

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• No coking coal import via Chennai in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: There were no coking coal imports through Chennai Port in May, 2014 as per provisional in... . ...Read More

• Coal production on mind, Goyal aims for 24X7 power

  20 Jun 2014

  Union minister for power and coal Piyush Goyal Thursday made clear his priorities of ensuring unin... . ...Read More

• Coal production more pressing problem than CIL restructuring: Piyush Goyal

  20 Jun 2014

  The Coal Ministry is more concerned about increasing Coal production than restructuring Coal India... . ...Read More

• SPV for developing coal block in Odisha approved

  20 Jun 2014

  The State cabinet Thursday approved the formation of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for development... . ...Read More

• Dry bulk shipping investors’ must-know mid-2014 overview

  20 Jun 2014

  The dry bulk shipping business is one of the three main sub-industries under maritime transportati... . ...Read More

• Greenpeace India rubbishes IB report over coal mining

  20 Jun 2014

  Greenpeace India on Thursday rubbished allegations made in two Intelligence Bureau (IB) reports, l... . ...Read More