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• SAIL chairman seeks coking coal blocks to reduce imports

  16 May 2014

  May 16: The new government at the Centre should ease raw material constraints facing the Indian st... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mundra up 26.27% in April m-o-m

  16 May 2014

  May 16: Steam coal imports through the port of Mundra went up 26.27% to 2,149,402 tons in April 20... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mundra down 78.99% m-o-m in April

  16 May 2014

  May 16: Coking coal imports through Mundra Port during April 2014 fell almost 78.99% to 43,000 ton... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports via Mundra up 76.49% in April m-o-m

  16 May 2014

  May 16: Anthracite coal imports via Mundra Port stood at 2,132 tons during April 2014, up 76.49% a... . ...Read More

• NTPC signs tripartite escrow deal with coal controller, SBI

  16 May 2014

  May 16: NTPC, India's largest power utility, has signed a tripartite escrow agreement for its ... . ...Read More

• Coal bidding: Cos can submit applications till June-end

  16 May 2014

  The Coal Ministry has extended the deadline to June-end for submitting applications by companies f... . ...Read More

• Coal supply restored to PSPCL plants: Panem

  16 May 2014

  Coal supplier Panem Coal Mines Ltd on Thursday said it had restored coal supply to three thermal p... . ...Read More

• Tallying Up the True Price of Clean Coal

  16 May 2014

    The federal government is touting a new power plant in Mississippi as an historic advance... . ...Read More

• Tallying Up the True Price of Clean Coal

  16 May 2014

  The federal government is touting a new power plant in Mississippi as an historic advance in the f... . ...Read More

• Coal demand for power projects to rise to 567 mn tonne: CEA

  16 May 2014

  Demand for coal needed to fire thermal power projects is projected to rise to 567 million tonnes i... . ...Read More

• Thal Ltd to invest Rs3bn in Thar coal project

  16 May 2014

  The board of directors of Thal Limited has decided to invest Rs360 million in the Sindh Engro Coal... . ...Read More

• Dull trend seen in global coal markets

  15 May 2014

  May 15: A dull trend, devoid of major interest, was witnessed in the international coal markets on... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL fall 12.19% in April m-o-m

  15 May 2014

  May 15: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Compan... . ...Read More

• April WPI inflation hits 2-month low of 5.20%

  15 May 2014

  May 15: India's wholesale price inflation hit a two-month low in April to 5.20%, after hitting... . ...Read More

• Centre sets up panel to identify more coal mines for auction

  15 May 2014

  In a bid to expedite coal auction process, the Centre has announced a nine-member panel, which wil... . ...Read More