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• 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

• Whitehaven Coal boosts sales, narrows losses

  26 Feb 2014

  WHITEHAVEN Coal said today its net loss narrowed in the fiscal first-half as sharply higher coal s... . ...Read More

• Japan continues to fund coal despite increasing US pressure

  26 Feb 2014

  Japan’s role as world’s biggest funder of coal since 2007 dents US-led efforts to curb... . ...Read More

• Global coal lobby appeals for Norwegian oil fund investment

  26 Feb 2014

  Norway's $830 billion oil fund should not, as proposed in parliament, shun the coal sector as ... . ...Read More

• International coal prices ease

  25 Feb 2014

  February 25: There was a slight downward movement in spot coal prices in international markets on ... . ...Read More

• NTPC’s Darlipali project gets environmental clearance

  25 Feb 2014

  February 25: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited’s 1,600 MW Daripali supercrit... . ...Read More

• Ambuja Cements can resume mining in Himachal Pradesh

  25 Feb 2014

  February 25: Ambuja Cements Limited can resume limestone mining in Himachal Pradesh after the High... . ...Read More

• Tata Power arm completes ASW acquisition

  25 Feb 2014

  February 25:  Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power Limited... . ...Read More