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• Use coal while economical, says CEA

  18 Aug 2017

  India should leverage its coal assets while it is economical to do so and then ramp up its renewab... . ...Read More

• Coal stock at private power plants dips after critical railway line shuts

  17 Aug 2017

  Coal stocks at some private thermal power plants, which receive the fuel from Central Coalfield Lt... . ...Read More

• Coal India firms up expansion plan

  17 Aug 2017

  Coal India has earmarked a capital expenditure of Rs 8,500 crore in 2017-18 to expedite mining pro... . ...Read More

• Renewables, coal push up Tata Power Q1 net by 126%

  16 Aug 2017

  Tata Power has posted a 126 per cent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 163.78 crore in the qua... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal imports at major ports dip 17% to 30MT in Apr-Jul

  16 Aug 2017

  Thermal and steam coal imports fell by 17.37 percent at the country's top 12 major ports to 29... . ...Read More

• Why Indian power companies must dump coal and bet big on solar, wind

  16 Aug 2017

  The economics of coal-fired power generation is incredibly vulnerable, much more so than is recogn... . ...Read More

• Coal India Q1 result: Ain’t no sunshine here

  16 Aug 2017

  The country’s largest coal producer Coal India Ltd’s (CIL’s) June quarter (first... . ...Read More

• Imported thermal coal prices may soften from October

  14 Aug 2017

  Imported thermal coal prices are likely to soften from October as China is expected to reduce impo... . ...Read More

• China July coal output lowest since October as Beijing crackdown hits home

  14 Aug 2017

  China's coal production in July fell 4.5 percent to 294 million tonnes from a month earlier, i... . ...Read More

• Essar Ports ventures overseas with Mozambique coal terminal deal

  11 Aug 2017

  Essar Ports Ltd has won a deal to develop a 20-million-tonne (mt) capacity coking coal loading ter... . ...Read More

• Adani hires funding adviser for Australia coal mine

  11 Aug 2017

  India’s Adani Enterprises has appointed corporate finance firm Grant Samuel to advise on fun... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto’s sale of coal mines hits a snag after hedge fund objects

  10 Aug 2017

  The sale of Rio Tinto’s Australian coal mines may have hit a snag after a minority sharehold... . ...Read More

• Mercator in talks to raise $300 million via coal asset sales, infusion

  10 Aug 2017

  Mercator Ltd is looking to raise $300 million, or about Rs 1,910 crore, by selling its coal assets... . ...Read More

• CIL floats first tender to supply coal under SHAKTI scheme

  09 Aug 2017

  State-owned Coal India has floated the first tender operationalising SHAKTI scheme providing coal ... . ...Read More

• NTPC seeks advice to surrender 2 coal mines in Chhattisgarh

  09 Aug 2017

  State-owned NTPC has sought the advise of consultancy arm of Coal India, CMPDIL, to surrender its ... . ...Read More