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• Dalmia Cement gets Green nod for limestone mining in AP

  29 May 2014

  May 29: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has granted environment clearance to Dalmia... . ...Read More

• Coal India CMD quits, may take 6 months to find successor

  29 May 2014

  The 56-year-old Rao will take up a new role as principal secretary to K. Chandrasekhar Rao, the ch... . ...Read More

• New govt asks CIL to prepare action plan to hike output: Report

  29 May 2014

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) has been asked by the new government to prepare an action plan for enhancing ... . ...Read More

• Coal scam digger has had humble beginnings

  29 May 2014

  Four times BJP MP from Chandrapur, Hansraj Ahir, surprised the nation by unearthing the massive pl... . ...Read More

• Looming EPA ‘war on coal’ draws business backlash

  29 May 2014

  Would a major rewrite of pollution laws by the Obama administration kill thousands of U.S. jobs an... . ...Read More

• New Hope cuts jobs as coal slumps

  29 May 2014

  New Hope has joined the list of Australian coal miners cutting jobs, as slowing Chinese demand and... . ...Read More

• Mississippi-Inspired Plan Seen Lifting Colombia Coal Exports

  29 May 2014

  Colombia’s plan to dredge its biggest river could boost coking coal output fivefold, accordi... . ...Read More

• Alabama coal war: Judge rules permits allowing stream filling by mining companies okay, river group appeals

  29 May 2014

  The Black Warrior Riverkeeper last week lost a federal court battle to bring a halt to permits tha... . ...Read More

• Slight softness in South African coal prices

  28 May 2014

  May 28: South African spot steam coal prices turned soft on May 27 amidst low enquiries and suffic... . ...Read More

• Coal India Chairman Narsing Rao resigns

  28 May 2014

  May 28: A day after India’s new Coal Minister Piyush Goyal assumed office, Coal India Ltd (C... . ...Read More

• CCL gets Green nod on Piparwar opencast project expansion

  28 May 2014

  May 28: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) granted environment clearance for capacity ... . ...Read More

• ‘Grade slippage leading to non-lifting of coal by utilities’

  28 May 2014

  May 28: The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has alleged that grade slippage in coal supplied b... . ...Read More

• G-4 grade coal sees strong demand in April e-auction

  28 May 2014

  May 28: Out of 98,110 tons of G-4 grade (GCV of 6,101-6,400 Kcal/kg) coal offered by ECL, CCL and ... . ...Read More

• Moderate demand for G-5 grade coal in April e-auction

  28 May 2014

  May 28: There was moderate demand for G-5 grade (GCV 5,801 to 6,100 Kcal/kg) coal offered by five ... . ...Read More

• Fair demand for select G-6 grade coals in April e-auction

  28 May 2014

  May 28: A volume of 182,005 tons of G-6 grade (GCV 5,501 to 5,800 Kcal/kg) coal offered by four su... . ...Read More