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• Coal India may lead $11 billion of share sales on public holding

  20 Jun 2014

  Coal India Ltd and NMDC Ltd are among 36 state-owned companies that may need to sell about $11 bil... . ...Read More

• European coal markets hit fresh lows despite lower output

  20 Jun 2014

  European coal prices fell to fresh multi-year lows on Thursday as both physical and financial cont... . ...Read More

• Rising German Coal Use Imperils European Emissions Deal

  20 Jun 2014

  The European Union’s attempt to cap greenhouse-gas emissions over the next 16 years is threa... . ...Read More

• Australian coal industry caught in ‘perfect storm’

  20 Jun 2014

  Harry Kenyon-Slaney has seen tough times before in almost a quarter of a century with Rio Tinto, b... . ...Read More

• What Green Revolution? Coal Use Highest In 44 Years

  20 Jun 2014

  U.S. President Barack Obama may be engaging in a “war on coal” with carbon regulations... . ...Read More

• Mixed trend in international coal markets

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: A mixed trend prevailed in international coal markets wherein prices of South African sta... . ...Read More

• Coal stock at power plants fall in May despite normal supplies

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: The stock of coal with 121 power plants fell sharply to 17.07 million tons (mt) as on May... . ...Read More

• Jaiprakash Group delays procurement of imported coal cargo

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Jaiprakash Group is studying the market before concluding deals to procure one to three c... . ...Read More

• India needs cost effective and readily available solar energy applications: Minister

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: India needs cost effective and readily available solar energy applications and for this s... . ...Read More

• No progress yet on Essar Power’s shift to coal-fired plant

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Essar Power Limited, which had announced in August 2013 that it will convert two of its g... . ...Read More

• No coking coal import via Chennai in March

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: There were no coking coal imports through Chennai Port in March, 2014 as per provisional ... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Chennai up sharply m-o-m in May

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Steam coal imports through Chennai Port increased sharply to 475 tons in May, 2014 agains... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Chennai up 13.86% m-o-m in May

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Petroleum coke imports through Chennai Port increased 13.86% to 115 tons in May 2014 agai... . ...Read More

• Building a Better India : Boosting coal production

  19 Jun 2014

  Over the past five years, Coal India's profit jumped 735% to Rs17,356 crore by just raising co... . ...Read More

• Coal Minister to meet CIL officials on June 19

  19 Jun 2014

  The Union Minister for Coal and Power, Piyush Goyal, called a meeting of top Coal India officials ... . ...Read More