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• Poland offers tech help for underground mining

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: Poland, a major player in mining technology and equipment, is keen to tap the Indian ... . ...Read More

• Power sector must gear up for challenges: Power Secy

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: The Indian power sector is on threshold of adding large capacity which shall reduce t... . ...Read More

• Singapore feeder service launched from Colombo to Krishnapatnam

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: Singapore-based Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) recently started a weekly feeder service from... . ...Read More

• Dec IIP falls 0.6%, contracts for three consecutive months

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: After a sharp contraction in November 2013, India's Index of Industrial Productio... . ...Read More

• Tata Power commissions micro hydro project in Maharashtra

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: Tata Power, one of the major integrated power companies in India, recently commission... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Cochin Port at 424 tons in Jan

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: Import of gypsum via Cochin Port stood at 424 tons during the month of January 2014, ... . ...Read More

• Coal India posts Q3 profit decline on lower auction prices

  13 Feb 2014

  Coal India Ltd, the world's largest coal miner by output, posted its third straight decline in... . ...Read More

• Controversial coal block cleared

  13 Feb 2014

  The Environment Ministry has given its nod for mining the controversial Mahan coal block in Madhya... . ...Read More

• HC restrains govt from re-allocating coal blocks

  13 Feb 2014

  The Supreme Court, which had taken up the coal block allocation issue, had reserved its judgment o... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry to review JVs, SPVs allocated coal blocks

  13 Feb 2014

  The Coal Ministry will next week review the status of the formation of special purpose vehicles an... . ...Read More

• CIL abandons share offer amongst growing investor skepticism

  13 Feb 2014

  Three years can be an eternity for a coal company. In October 2010, Coal India, then the world'... . ...Read More

• Ban on coal mining in South Garo Hills

  13 Feb 2014

  The Meghalaya government has misrepresented before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about coal mi... . ...Read More

• Route rationalisation hits coal traffic at Visakhapatnam Port

  13 Feb 2014

  Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), which is going all-out to boost its coal handling capacity by mode... . ...Read More

• Pacific Panamax thermal coal rates rise, outlook mixed

  13 Feb 2014

  The new rise in the Panamax coal freight market, seen since late last week in the Pacific, was mai... . ...Read More

• China to Fight Pollution With $1.65 Billion Fund, Cut Coal Use

  13 Feb 2014

  China will set up a 10 billion yuan ($1.65 billion) fund to reduce air pollution in the country&rs... . ...Read More