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• Thermal plants face coal shortage

  01 Nov 2017

  The thermal power projects in the State have been facing shortage of coal. According to official s... . ...Read More

• Coke, coking coal hit 4-month lows as winter sell-off continues

  01 Nov 2017

  Chinese coke and coking coal futures fell to four-month lows on Tuesday as investors continued to ... . ...Read More

• Coal conundrum

  01 Nov 2017

  A Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk study showed on Tuesday that of the global burden of man-ma... . ...Read More

• China Warns Coal Producers Against Manipulation

  31 Oct 2017

  China’s top economic planning agency warned coal companies not to engage in anti-competitive... . ...Read More

• NTPC TO BEGIN COAL PRODUCTION FROM TALAIPALLI MINE BY 2019

  31 Oct 2017

  The NTPC, India’s largest power producer in public sector, is likely to begin coal productio... . ...Read More

• Coal shortage hits thermal power plants across country

  27 Oct 2017

  Thermal power plants across the country are facing a shortage of coal. If this situation does not ... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry augments fuel supply to states with critical stocks

  27 Oct 2017

  The coal ministry has drafted a coal supply augmentation plan to supply 730,000 tonne of fuel on a... . ...Read More

• Allow private sector to takeover idle assets of ONGC and Coal India, says Anil Agarwal

  25 Oct 2017

  Vedanta Chief Anil Agarwal has stressed the government needs to privatise the idle assets of ONGC ... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal miner piles on bullish copper bets, fuelling rally: source

  25 Oct 2017

  A private coal mining industry investor in Shanxi province is the main actor behind a dramatic inc... . ...Read More

• CIL raises supplies 17% in Sept as coal demand spikes

  24 Oct 2017

  Fuel supply to power stations from Coal India's mines has risen 17% in September to 32 MT (mil... . ...Read More

• China coking coal, coke prices sink again amid oversupply worries

  24 Oct 2017

  China's steel raw materials extended recent losses on Monday, with coking coal down more than ... . ...Read More

• Coal reserves down at power plants despite CIL raising output

  24 Oct 2017

  Despite near-monopolist Coal India (CIL) increasing its production and dispatches to thermal power... . ...Read More

• As coal imports fall, major ports chalk out new strategies

  18 Oct 2017

  With coal imports declining, most major ports of the country are looking at coastal shipping and d... . ...Read More

• Coal shortage shuts 40% thermal power capacity in Rajasthan, Maharashtra

  17 Oct 2017

  Two of the biggest states in the country, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, have around 40 per cent of th... . ...Read More

• Coal India may consider price hike if unable to contain operational costs

  17 Oct 2017

  Faced with the burden of an additional cash outflow of at least Rs 5,600 every year on account of ... . ...Read More