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• Latest EPA rules signal a bleaker future for coal

  03 Jun 2014

  The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new restrictions on power plants Monday to reduce gre... . ...Read More

• African Development Bank refuses to quit coal funding

  03 Jun 2014

    A senior official at the African Development Bank says it has no plans to stop funding co... . ...Read More

• Everything you need to know about the EPA’s proposed rule on coal plants

  03 Jun 2014

  The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed a rule designed to cut carbon dioxide emiss... . ...Read More

• Obama’s ‘war on coal’ doesn’t exist

  03 Jun 2014

  On Monday, President Barack Obama is expected to announce a new Environmental Protection Agency re... . ...Read More

• Stable trend in international coal prices

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: A stable trend prevailed in international coal markets on May 30 as prices moved sideways ... . ...Read More

• CIL’s May output up 5%, offtake grows 6.38% y-o-y

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: Coal India Limited (CIL), on June 2, said its production and offtake during the month of M... . ...Read More

• MoEF nod for expansion of MCL’s Lakhanpur OCP

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) recently gave environmental clearance (EC... . ...Read More

• India’s FY’14 GDP growth at 4.7%

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: For the second year in a row, the Indian economy grew less than 5% in 2013-14, data releas... . ...Read More

• Ujaas Energy PAT up 38% to Rs 37.39 crore

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: Ujaas Energy Ltd, a solar power generator under REC, posted a 38% increase in profit after... . ...Read More

• Punjab’s thermal power generation plummets

  02 Jun 2014

  Effect of coal shortage on Punjab’s thermal power plants has come out officially, as the gen... . ...Read More

• China plans to shut down 2,000 coal mines by next year

  02 Jun 2014

  China plans to shut down over 2,000 small-scale coal mines by next year in an effort to eliminate ... . ...Read More

• One killed in coal mine accident in southern Turkey

  02 Jun 2014

  One miner was killed in an accident on June 1 in a coal mine in the Elbistan district of the south... . ...Read More

• Undercover: Spies hired to infiltrate anti-coal campaign

  02 Jun 2014

  Former soldiers and intelligence operatives have been sent to infiltrate a network of anti-coal pr... . ...Read More

• Feds: Arch Coal Workers Took $2M in Kickbacks

  02 Jun 2014

  Arch Coal employees at a West Virginia mine are charged with pocketing almost $2 million from vend... . ...Read More

• Europe’s gas power capacity seen at risk as utilities burn coal

  02 Jun 2014

  NATURAL gas-fired power plants accounting for almost 30% of Europe’s capacity are at risk of... . ...Read More