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• Prism Cement starts coal production at captive mine

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Maharashtra-based Prism Cement Limited, on March 7, said it has started production of coa... . ...Read More

• Marked improvement in coal project clearances since Jan

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: The number of coal projects awaiting environmental clearance (EC) from the Ministry of En... . ...Read More

• NALCO extends bid submission date for 50,000 tons of steam coal

  07 Mar 2014

  February 27: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), which had floated a notice inviting tende... . ...Read More

• Tata Power Q3 generation, sales volume drop y-o-y

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Tata Power Ltd, India's leading private sector power companies, on March 7, reported ... . ...Read More

• Feb steam coal imports via Kolkata Port up 68.77% m-o-m

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Steam coal import volumes through the port of Kolkata rose 68.77% to 7,200 tons in Februa... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Kolkata down 42.28% m-o-m in Feb

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Coking coal imports through the port of Kolkata Port dropped 42.28% to 237,738 tons in Fe... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via Kolkata Port treble in Feb m-o-m

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata more than trebled to 64,714 tons in February... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Kolkata Port plunge to 68 tons in Feb

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Pet coke imports via Kolkata Port plunge to 68 tons in February 2014 against 255 tons rec... . ...Read More

• PCI coal imports via Kolkata up 51.93% in Feb m-o-m

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: PCI coal imports through the port of Kolkata rose 51.93% to 47,830 tons in February 2014 ... . ...Read More

• Anthracite coal imports via Kolkata down 64.55% in Feb m-o-m

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Kolkata stood at 13,627 tons in February 2014... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Kolkata at mere 3 tons in Feb

  07 Mar 2014

  March 7: Import volumes of gypsum via Kolkata Port were at a negligible 3 tons in February 2014 ag... . ...Read More

• Coal India plans to set up power plant citing insufficient connectivity

  07 Mar 2014

    Coal India Ltd, the world's largest coal miner, plans to set up a 1.6 gigawatt power ... . ...Read More

• As coal-blocks face deallocation, a rush for environment clearance

  07 Mar 2014

  In January, the Ministry of Coal issued coal-block allottees a few weeks to show cause why delays ... . ...Read More

• India misses coal target again, will depend more on imports

  07 Mar 2014

  India's dependence on imported coal will continue to rise as output will fall short of targets... . ...Read More

• Half-hearted on coal

  07 Mar 2014

  Rule-based regulation becomes necessary when there are natural monopolies, or when markets fail to... . ...Read More