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• IISCo floats RFQ notice to procure 23,780 tons calcined pet coke

  03 Mar 2014

  March 3: Steel Authority of India Limited's (SAIL) IISCo Steel Plant has floated a request for... . ...Read More

• MoC upholds IMG decision on BG deduction of Chendipada block

  03 Mar 2014

  March 3: The Ministry of Coal, upholding the decision of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), has ca... . ...Read More

• Why CERC’s bailout sets dangerous precedents, dents competition

  03 Mar 2014

  An effective bailout, amounting to a couple of thousand crores, of power plants owned by the Tatas... . ...Read More

• Coal India makes another attempt for coal import contract

  03 Mar 2014

  Country's largest miner Coal India has issued a re-tender for import of coal with some modific... . ...Read More

• Coal India tender for public private partnership by March

  03 Mar 2014

  Company already engages private entities on a contract basis, albeit on a small scale A year ... . ...Read More

• Don’t revise rates frequently for huge profits: Panel to CIL

  03 Mar 2014

  Put minimum burden on consumers while revising prices as nationalisation of the coal sector was do... . ...Read More

• Bengal captive coal comfort

  03 Mar 2014

  West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd (WBPDCL) is looking to raise the production of coal ... . ...Read More

• CIL agrees to supply fuel to power cos till they develop mines

  03 Mar 2014

  The board of Coal India has agreed to supply fuel to power units of GMR and Sterlite, among others... . ...Read More

• Govt invokes BG of UCM Coal

  03 Mar 2014

  The Centre has decided to invoke bank guarantee partially on UCM Coal Company Limited, a joint ven... . ...Read More

• Orissa seeks coal ministry’s help as CBI inquiry delays OPGC expansion

  03 Mar 2014

  Wants ministry to intervene in getting previous approval for Manoharpur mine. Worried over CBI ... . ...Read More

• Upset over huge payout to govt, Coal India workers give strike call

  03 Mar 2014

  Coal India's recent huge Rs 18,000 crore dividend bonanza, most of which went to the governmen... . ...Read More

• Eastern Kentucky coal deal with India stalls

  03 Mar 2014

  In August 2012, Gov. Steve Beshear and private-sector energy executives announced a deal that woul... . ...Read More

• Coal still on rise: IEA

  03 Mar 2014

  Fatih Birol, the chief economist at the International Energy Agency, says Australian coal producer... . ...Read More

• US coal trade jumps as domestic consumption wanes

  03 Mar 2014

  The dollar value of US net coal exports has increased more than three-fold since 2005, data from t... . ...Read More

• Govt set to cap coal output, boost domestic use

  03 Mar 2014

  After flexing its regulatory muscle with the ore-export ban, the government has gone one step furt... . ...Read More