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• APNRL plans 3rd 660-MW unit in Jharkhand

  13 May 2014

  May 13: APRNL plans to establish an additional 660 MW (third phase) unit at Padampur village in th... . ...Read More

• Shyam Steel forced to source 70% of coal via imports

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Weighed down by the inability of Coal India to supply the full quantum under the fuel supp... . ...Read More

• NTPC floats IFB for development of Kerendari-A coal block

  13 May 2014

  May 13: NTPC Limited, India's largest power utility, has floated an invitation of bids (IFB) f... . ...Read More

• Cargo handling by major ports up 9% y-o-y in April

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Cargo handling by 12 major ports in India increased by 8.90% to 47,374 tons in April 2014,... . ...Read More

• April retail inflation inches up to 8.59%

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Retail inflation in April, 2014, inched up to 8.59% from 8.31% in March, mainly on account... . ...Read More

• Leighton’s $5.5-b Indian coal mine contract cancelled

  13 May 2014

  Leighton Holdings Ltd. lost a contract to build the first coal mine for India’s biggest powe... . ...Read More

• Vigilance team to probe illegal coal mining

  13 May 2014

  The vigilance bureau of Jharkhand is confident of a fair inquiry into the illegal coal mining scam... . ...Read More

• Cleaning up coal in India

  13 May 2014

  India’s Enforcement Directorate has filed charges of money laundering against a former minis... . ...Read More

• JD(U) suspects UPA may close coal block cases

  13 May 2014

  The CBI had registered 17 FIRs last year. Expressing apprehension that the UPA regime may close... . ...Read More

• Panel meet on coal supply to end-use plants postponed

  13 May 2014

  The new date for the meeting will be intimated in due course, an official communication said. ... . ...Read More

• The new way to operate coal mines profitably

  13 May 2014

  For optimisation of mining operations, coal companies need to focus on their core competency of ma... . ...Read More

• Green nod for Maharashtra mine corp’s coal block deferred

  13 May 2014

  A high-level panel in the Environment Ministry has deferred the decision on granting green approva... . ...Read More

• Mafia dumped coal seized

  13 May 2014

  The police seized 34 tonne of coal illegally stocked by coal mafia in the forest areas of Giddi in... . ...Read More

• Indonesian thermal coal prices stable to higher, waiting direction from India

  13 May 2014

  Indonesian thermal coal prices were stable to higher on Monday with very few deals reported as the... . ...Read More

• Even If Coal Has Bottomed, Will It Ever Recover?

  13 May 2014

  Over the last few weeks, I've heard pundits and bloggers alike pontificate about the coal sect... . ...Read More