Coal news and updates

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• Relief for Tata Power

  25 Feb 2014

  Tata Power looks set to climb out of a hole this year after the Central Electricity Regulatory Com... . ...Read More

• CERC move positive, CIL coal linkage an issue: Adani Power

  25 Feb 2014

  CERC has allowed gross compensatory tariff of Rs 0.85 / kWh against Gujarat PPA (vs Deepak Parekh ... . ...Read More

• CERC reduces financial incentives of NTPC

  25 Feb 2014

  Incentives will now be based on the metric of plant load factor and not plant availability factor ... . ...Read More

• CERC order may open a Pandora’s box

  25 Feb 2014

  Critics say sanctity of power purchase deals is violated; discoms may challenge the order The... . ...Read More

• FY14 production target to fall short by 8-10mt: Coal India

  25 Feb 2014

  The state-run coal producer's CMD spoke with CNBC-TV18 on a host of issues such as production,... . ...Read More

• Poor quality coal led to 5% extra Mahagenco power tariff hike

  25 Feb 2014

  Even as Mahagenco is being hauled over live coals by political parties and consumer activists for ... . ...Read More

• Verdict time for coal

  25 Feb 2014

  The government is due to review on Tuesday its allocation of 10 coal blocks that were assigned to ... . ...Read More

• Protest against Mahan coal mining this week: Greenpeace

  25 Feb 2014

    Villagers of Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district will launch a protest on Thursday ... . ...Read More

• Will fight to save Mahan forests from coal mining: MSS

  25 Feb 2014

  Mahan Sangharsh Samiti (MSS) has declared that they will not allow Mahan forests in Singrauli, Mad... . ...Read More

• Bad News for West Coast Coal Exports

  25 Feb 2014

  U.S. coal miners like Arch Coal , Alpha Natural Resources , and Cloud Peak Energy are hoping to gr... . ...Read More

• Botswana Takes on Coal in Face of Diamond Decline

  25 Feb 2014

  In terms of resources, Botswana is most well known for its diamonds — the gems account for o... . ...Read More

• Anger rises over coal mine blaze

  25 Feb 2014

  Residents of Morwell near a coal mine fire in eastern Victoria will suffer no long-term health eff... . ...Read More

• International coal prices slightly down

  24 Feb 2014

  February 24: There was a slight downward movement in spot coal prices in the international markets... . ...Read More

• NTPC to develop second power project in Bihar

  24 Feb 2014

  February 24: State-owned power utility NTPC will develop a 1,320-MW power project at Kajra in Lakh... . ...Read More

• CERC asks RPower to submit Sasan UMPP details by Feb 28

  24 Feb 2014

  February 24: The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), on February 24, asked Reliance ... . ...Read More