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• Coal prices firm up in international markets

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: After remaining stable during the past two sessions, spot coal prices in international m... . ...Read More

• CIL officers defer 3-day strike on assurance from management

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: The Coal Mines Officers Association, in the wee hours of March 14, decided to call off i... . ...Read More

• SECL gets nod for Kusmunda mine expansion in Chhattisgarh

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), recen... . ...Read More

• Inflation cools to 9-month low of 4.68% in February

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: India's wholesale inflation eased to a nine-month low of 4.68% in February, on decli... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mundra fall 8.32% in Feb m-o-m

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: Steam coal imports through the port of Mundra fell 8.32% to 1,680,164 tons in February 2... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mundra up 2.98% m-o-m in Feb

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: Coking coal imports through Mundra Port during February 2014 rose almost 2.98% to 50,836... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Chennai up 28.07% in Feb m-o-m

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: Coking coal imports through the port of Chennai rose 28.07% to 73 tons in February 2014 ... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Chennai Port drop 40.95% in Feb m-o-m

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: Petroleum coke imports through Chennai Port dropped 40.95% to 62 tons in February 2014 a... . ...Read More

• Feb anthracite coal imports via Chennai down 22.58%

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: Anthracite coal imports via Chennai Port dropped 22.58% to 96 tons in February 2014 agai... . ...Read More

• Scant volumes of PCI coal imports via Chennai in Feb

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: PCI coal imports via Chennai Port were at a negligible 0.11 tons in February 2014 while ... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Chennai plummet 96.72% in Feb

  14 Mar 2014

  March 14: Gypsum imports through Chennai Port dropped by 96.72% to 1,694 tons against 51,774 tons ... . ...Read More

• Coal India execs call off strike after talks with top brass

  14 Mar 2014

  Coal India  (CIL) executives have called off their 3-day strike to protest against non- fulfi... . ...Read More

• West cannot ask India to stop using coal: Sunita Narain

  14 Mar 2014

  Noted environmentalist Sunita Narain has said the West cannot ask India to stop using coal while t... . ...Read More

• Government officials oppose transfer of coal-bearing land to private companies

  14 Mar 2014

  The land acquisition law has become as a big hurdle for private companies with coal blocks as sect... . ...Read More

• Coal imports jump 20% in Feb as prices dip: OreTeam

  14 Mar 2014

  India's coal imports jumped 20 per cent year-on-year in February to 11.6 million tonnes as pri... . ...Read More