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• The Losing Economics of Investing in Aging Coal Plants

  25 Mar 2014

  Across the United States, economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at th... . ...Read More

• Carbon Tax Freeze to Extend U.K. Coal Profits, New Energy Says

  25 Mar 2014

  U.K. coal-fed power stations will gain an extra year of profitability after the government froze a... . ...Read More

• ‘War on Coal’ is Not the Real Reason Your Utility Rates Will Go Up

  25 Mar 2014

  With new EPA regulations for coal-fired power plants looming ahead, the coal and utilities industr... . ...Read More

• Indonesian coal prices turn slightly soft in dull trend

  24 Mar 2014

  March 24: Prices of Indonesian steam coal remained slightly soft on March 21 amidst low interest f... . ...Read More

• Consumer price index for agri, rural labours unchanged for February

  24 Mar 2014

  March 24: The All-India Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers for agricultural and rural labourers (b... . ...Read More

• Govt corrects minor error in competitive bidding rules notification

  24 Mar 2014

  March 24: The government has corrected a minor typographical error in its earlier notification on ... . ...Read More

• Pre-bid meet for competitive bidding extended to April 4

  24 Mar 2014

  March 24: The Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI) has extended the pre-bid conf... . ...Read More

• Coal supply eases but calm may be short-lived

  24 Mar 2014

  A slump in power demand from financially-stressed distribution companies might have made India'... . ...Read More

• Interest in importing coal has declined: CIL

  24 Mar 2014

  Coal India Ltd’s (CIL) Rs.3,000 crore plan to import 5 million tonnes (mt) of coal in fisc... . ...Read More

• Essar-led project battle reflects mining pains

  24 Mar 2014

  With an axe on one shoulder and lugging a large log over the other, Bhajandhari Kushwaha emerges f... . ...Read More

• Final bid dates for Odisha, Tamil Nadu UMPPs extended

  24 Mar 2014

  The last dates for submission of final price bids for the two ultra mega power projects in Tamil N... . ...Read More

• Deep controversy

  24 Mar 2014

  India’s biggest energy project has produced more squabbles than gas IF YOU look north fro... . ...Read More

• First unit of coal based Kalisindh thermal power plant starts power generation

  24 Mar 2014

  The first unit of Coal based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant in Jhalawar district has commence... . ...Read More

• AAP vision: Coal, oil and gas must be owned by govt alone

  24 Mar 2014

  Government ownership of major natural resources, such as coal and oil, phasing out of contractual ... . ...Read More

• Govt invokes guarantee for coal block allotted to DVC, TVNL

  24 Mar 2014

  The decision to encash the surety was taken on the basis of recommendations by an inter-ministeria... . ...Read More