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• Lanco said to consider sale of Australian Griffin Coal division

  10 Jan 2014

  Lanco is examining options including a full sale of Griffin Coal, which it bought for 750 mn Austr... . ...Read More

• Govt takes back MP coal block from Birla Corp

  10 Jan 2014

  Birla Corporation Ltd said that the Union Ministry of Coal (MOC) has de-allocated Bikram coal bloc... . ...Read More

• Goldman Sachs miner halts coal exports from Colombia

  10 Jan 2014

  Goldman Sachs (GS.N)-owned miner Colombian National Resources (CNR) has halted coal exports from C... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Centre admits to irregularities in block allocations before SC

  10 Jan 2014

  The Centre on Thursday admitted before the Supreme Court that there were irregularities in coal bl... . ...Read More

• CM roar for coal royalty

  10 Jan 2014

  Chief minister Hemant Soren and chief secretary R.S. Sharma today pulled out all stops to seek gre... . ...Read More

• Coal-related chemical spill prompts state of emergency in West Virginia

  10 Jan 2014

  West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency for nine counties Thursday night... . ...Read More

• Further softness in SA, Australian steam coal prices

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Spot steam coal prices of South African and Australian origin softened further on low d... . ...Read More

• CIL to float fresh tender to select agency for imported coal

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which did not receive even a single response against its notice i... . ...Read More

• NTPC likely to place order for 7.25 mt imported coal soon

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: NTPC Ltd is likely to place orders with suppliers selected through a global tendering p... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp to take legal step against Bikram block de-allocation

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Birla Corporation Limited is in the process of taking legal steps against the de-alloca... . ...Read More

• NTPC again under MoC scanner

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has served two more notices to National Thermal Power Corpor... . ...Read More

• K C Samal new Director (Finance), at NALCO

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: K C Samal has assumed the office of Director (Finance) at National Aluminium Company Li... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Kolkata drop 24.64% m-o-m in Dec

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Steam coal imports through the port of Kolkata dropped 24.64% to 60,326 tons in Decembe... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Kolkata drop 33% m-o-m in December

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Coking coal imports through the port of Kolkata port dropped by 33% to 402,100 tons in ... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via Kolkata port rise 24.79% in Dec m-o-m

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata rose 24.79% to 22,122 tons in December 201... . ...Read More