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• No more coal power as India shifts to sun, wind

  05 Sep 2017

  No new coal-based power plants will be allowed by the Centre, apart from the ones already under co... . ...Read More

• Coal India sets up monitoring cell for supply to thermal power plants

  05 Sep 2017

  To make it easier for thermal power plants facing coal shortage, the State-owned Coal India Ltd ha... . ...Read More

• Coal India gains 3% on production and offtake data, appointment of new CMD

  05 Sep 2017

  Coal India shares rallied nearly 3 percent intraday Monday after August production and offtake dat... . ...Read More

• RK Singh named new Power Minister, Goyal retains Coal Ministry

  04 Sep 2017

  The government has named former bureaucrat Raj Kumar Singh as Minister of State (Independent Charg... . ...Read More

• Goyal’s tenure: Reforms in coal auctions to UDAY, green energy push

  04 Sep 2017

  In last three years, Goyal, as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and... . ...Read More

• Efforts to buy coal mines in Australia in process: Coal India

  04 Sep 2017

  The efforts to buy coking coal mines overseas by state-owned Coal India (CIL) in Australia are in ... . ...Read More

• Coal India quashes privatisation rumours, says no coal shortage

  04 Sep 2017

  India is not facing any scarcity of coal and the output of Coal India Ltd is more than the country... . ...Read More

• Coal India nod for tech projects

  01 Sep 2017

  Coal India has approved around ₹60 crore worth of technology development projects taken up by th... . ...Read More

• Railways freight set to be hit as Coal India loading fails to meet target

  01 Sep 2017

  Despite Indian Railways (IR) putting in place enough wagons to transport coal, its freight from th... . ...Read More

• Domestic coal miners stare at subdued demand in medium-to-long term: ICRA

  01 Sep 2017

  Ratings agency ICRA expects aggregate domestic coal demand growth to witness a structural slowdown... . ...Read More

• ’Increased focus on renewable energy to impact demand for domestic coal’

  01 Sep 2017

  With the Centre focusing on increasing renewable energy (RE) capacity to nearly 175 GW by 2022, th... . ...Read More

• China plans safety inspections at coal mines, chemical plants

  31 Aug 2017

  China's cabinet said the government will launch nationwide safety inspections of coal mines, c... . ...Read More

• Chinese Coal Imports: All Fired Up Or Under Fire?

  31 Aug 2017

  Chinese seaborne steam coal imports have grown significantly in the last decade, from 17mt in 2008... . ...Read More

• Coal India yet to get a new chairman

  31 Aug 2017

  Coal India chairman Sutirtha Bhattacharya is slated to retire in two days, which may leave the com... . ...Read More

• Adani Enterprises surges 8% on all approvals for Carmichael coal mine in Australia

  31 Aug 2017

  Adani Enterprises shares rallied 8 percent to close at Rs 128.6 on Wednesday as Australian ministe... . ...Read More