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• 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

• 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

• Coal past bottom of cycle: mine-service operators

  03 Mar 2014

  They are not cheering about any explosive boom of recovery. But they are hoping for a gradual pick... . ...Read More

• Solar puts heat on coal for India

  03 Mar 2014

  For six years India's monopoly coal producer has missed its production targets, leading to chr... . ...Read More

• A bad bank for German hard coal?

  03 Mar 2014

  Germany’s power plants fired with hard coal might soon run for fewer and fewer hours each ye... . ...Read More

• Infra story has derailed; coal must be privatised: Parekh

  28 Feb 2014

  Revitalising the infrastructure sector, and energy security will be key challenges before the next... . ...Read More

• Coal imports to rise just 3.4% in FY14

  28 Feb 2014

  In 2012-13, India’s burgeoning coal imports was among the finance ministry’s key conce... . ...Read More

• NTPC eyes buyout of coal-based power projects, floats EoI

  28 Feb 2014

  NTPC, the country's largest power producer with cash balance of around Rs 17,000 crore, has be... . ...Read More