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• Reliance may go for maintenance shutdown in March

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), India’s largest petroleum coke-maker, may go for... . ...Read More

• UltraTech finalises deal to procure 0.4 mt imported coal

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: Ultratech Ltd, India’s leading cement-maker, has finalised a deal to procure a ... . ...Read More

• Indian power sector’s capacity addition at 700 MW in Jan

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: India’s power generation capacity addition in January 2014 stood at 700 MW agai... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Gangavaram up 33.06% m-o-m in Jan

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: Steam coal imports via Gangavaram Port stood at 172,277 tons in January 2014, up 33.0... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Gangavaram up 4.33% tons in Jan

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: Coking coal imports through the port of Gangavaram stood at 482,695 tons during the m... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via Gangavaram sharply up in Jan m-o-m

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: Imports of met coke via Gangavaram Port stood at 59,985 tons during January 2014 whil... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Gangavaram Port at 59,294 tons in Jan

  26 Feb 2014

  February 26: Pet coke imports via Gangavaram Port stood at 59,294 tons during the month of January... . ...Read More

• Relief for Essar Power, DB Power & Hindalco

  26 Feb 2014

  Private companies such as Essar Power, D B Power and Hindalco Industries got a major relief on Tue... . ...Read More

• IMG not to reconsider CTL coal block cancellation

  26 Feb 2014

  The inter-ministerial group (IMG), mandated to oversee status of allocated coal blocks, has turned... . ...Read More

• Why the new coal auction policy will fail

  26 Feb 2014

  With the Coalgate scam behind it, the government is now all set to allot coal mines under the new ... . ...Read More

• CESC seeks steep power tariff hike for FY15 on rising coal costs

  26 Feb 2014

  The RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group flagship CESC has asked the state power regulator for a steep 18% hike ... . ...Read More

• Gujarat NRE changes name to Wollongong Coal

  26 Feb 2014

  The new Chairman of Wollongong Coal Limited, formerly Gujarat NRE Coking Coal, says he was surpris... . ...Read More

• Spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal difficult as firm bids rare: sources

  26 Feb 2014

  Spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal were hard to come by as bids from both Indian and Chinese b... . ...Read More

• New coal mines urgently needed, South African Coal Roadmap chair reiterates

  26 Feb 2014

  New coal mines were urgently needed in South Africa and infrastructure provision in the emerging W... . ...Read More

• China would use coal plant to power Jamaica Port

  26 Feb 2014

  A Chinese company wants to build its own coal-fired plant in southern Jamaica to generate the powe... . ...Read More