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• China coal mine accident kills 22

  04 Jun 2014

  A coal mine accident has killed 22 people in the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing, the city... . ...Read More

• Our View: California has left coal behind; now others will, too

  04 Jun 2014

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations proposed Monday by the Obama adminis... . ...Read More

• International coal prices largely unchanged

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: International coal prices remained largely unchanged on low buying interest, market source... . ...Read More

• CIL coal despatches to power units up 2.59% in May m-o-m

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: Month-on-month despatches of coal to thermal power plants from mines of Coal India Ltd (CI... . ...Read More

• May e-auctions on coaljunction platform see good demand

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: Good demand was witnessed for the offerings of coal from Singareni Collieries Company Ltd ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal sees good demand at e-auction in May

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: Washery grade coking coal (W3 and W4) offered on the e-auction platform conducted by coalj... . ...Read More

• SCCL offerings see moderate demand in May spot e-auction

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: Moderate demand was witnessed for coal offered by Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) ... . ...Read More

• CIL renews global acquisition drive, to appoint consultants

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: Within days of the formation of the NDA government, Coal India Ltd (CIL) has stepped up ef... . ...Read More

• SCCL becomes joint undertaking under Telengana govt

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), which was so far owned by the Government of India... . ...Read More

• IMG meet on June 10 to review BG issue of coal blocks

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: The 27th meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), under the chairmanship of the Addit... . ...Read More

• RBI keeps rates on hold, cuts SLR by 50 bps

  03 Jun 2014

  June 3: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key policy rate on hold but eased rules to spur b... . ...Read More

• Coal Minister Goyal seeks update on missing files

  03 Jun 2014

  Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has sought an update on missing coal block allocation files and ordered... . ...Read More

• Electricity, fertiliser, coal cement boost core sector

  03 Jun 2014

  Helped by healthy growth in electricity, fertilisers, cement and coal, the output of eight core in... . ...Read More

• Coal India misses production target in April-May 14

  03 Jun 2014

  Coal India today reported provisional coal production of 36.27 million tonne (mt) for May, falling... . ...Read More

• Coal and correction

  03 Jun 2014

  Solutions to the sector’s problems are known but require political will to implement. All... . ...Read More