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• Rot stems from ill-conceived coal nationalization plan

  21 Oct 2013

  Subhash Chakravarti, a legendary chief of bureau of The Times of India, recently recounted an enco... . ...Read More

• Montek hoping for coal block auctions this year

  21 Oct 2013

  Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today expressed the hope that auction o... . ...Read More

• Decline in coal export prices puts squeeze on Peabody margins

  21 Oct 2013

  The profitability of coal mines operated in Australia by Peabody Energy slumped in the September q... . ...Read More

• Ennore Port plans new coal bertht to take on competition

  21 Oct 2013

  With a capacity to handle 9 million tonnes per annum, it will be completed within 18 months San... . ...Read More

• No change in weak sentiments in international coal markets

  18 Oct 2013

  October 18: Spot coal prices in international markets continued to remain soft with the rates of s... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL rise 4.87% in September

  18 Oct 2013

  October 18: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Co... . ...Read More

• Coal crunch forces NTPC-Simhadri to close one unit

  18 Oct 2013

  The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has shut down unit 4 of its thermal power station at... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI may question Odisha CM

  18 Oct 2013

  CBI could question Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in connection with alleged irregularities ... . ...Read More

• Coal blocks allotted to big firms may be scrapped

  18 Oct 2013

  Within days of the CBI naming Aditya Birla Group chief KM Birla and former coal secretary PC Parak... . ...Read More

• U-turn on allocation of coal block to Hindalco points to PM

  18 Oct 2013

  On November 10, 2005, the government eventually allocated Talabira II to MCL, NLC and Hindalco &n... . ...Read More

• Higher coal freight loading boosts Eastern Railway earnings by 15.8% in September 2013

  18 Oct 2013

  Eastern Railway has registered a 16.67% growth in freightloading to 5.27 million tonne during Sept... . ...Read More

• JSPL to acquire majority stake in Gujarat NRE Coking Coal

  18 Oct 2013

  Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) will acquire a majority stake of 53.63 per cent in Gujarat NRE C... . ...Read More

• P.C. Parakh — from mining geologist to Coal Secretary

  18 Oct 2013

  P.C. Parakh, who has shot into the limelight in the wake of the latest case registered by the Ce... . ...Read More

• Panel to expedite Rs 8000-crore coal corridor

  18 Oct 2013

  The Odisha government has announced the formation of an eight member panel to expedite implementat... . ...Read More

• South Central Rly’s H1 freight loading flat on dip in coal traffic

  18 Oct 2013

  The South Central Railwayposted a flat growth in freight loadings in the first half of the curre... . ...Read More