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• Seeing the light: How India is embracing solar power

  09 May 2017

  Rameshwarlal Choudhary, a 45-year old farmer, and his wife Dakha, 40, live with their two children... . ...Read More

• ACC, Ambuja Cements evaluating merger

  09 May 2017

  Cement makers ACC Ltd and Ambuja Cements Ltd, both part of the LafargeHolcim Group, on Friday said... . ...Read More

• Coal India hopes for export deal with Bangladesh this year

  08 May 2017

  State-owned Coal India hopes to conclude an agreement with the government of Bangladesh this year,... . ...Read More

• Coal India to engage tax consultant to get ready for GST

  08 May 2017

  Coal India, the largest coal producer in the world, is engaging a tax consultant to assist the m... . ...Read More

• Solar tariff wars heat up in India

  05 May 2017

  At a time when addition of coal-fuelled power generation capacity has come to a standstill globall... . ...Read More

• Coal India considering listing on London Stock Exchange

  05 May 2017

  Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world’s largest coal miner, is considering a listing on the London... . ...Read More

• Capacity additions in renewable energy on par with thermal power in 2016-17

  04 May 2017

  For the first time in the country, capacity additions in the renewable energy sector were close to... . ...Read More

• With surplus coal, now focus turns to quality, says Goyal

  04 May 2017

  The government's next target is to supply superior quality of coal to power producers to impro... . ...Read More

• BHEL commissions 3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant

  03 May 2017

  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Friday said that it has commissioned a 3 MW Solar PV po... . ...Read More

• Researchers exploring new water-based method for testing met-coal samples

  03 May 2017

  A new method of testing exploration coal samples could not only be less harmful to the environment... . ...Read More

• Ambuja Cements results: Q1 profit jumps four fold on higher cement sales

  02 May 2017

  India’s Ambuja Cements, part of global conglomerate LafargeHolcim Ltd, on Friday reported an... . ...Read More

• Cement price hikes in April indicative of better volume and profitability

  02 May 2017

  Cement price hikes in April indicate impending volume growth and possibly better profitability for... . ...Read More

• BHEL commissions 3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant

  28 Apr 2017

  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Friday said that it has commissioned a 3 MW Solar PV po... . ...Read More

• Cement prices rebound to pre-demonetisation levels: ICRA

  28 Apr 2017

  Prices of key commodity, cement, have recovered to pre-demonetisation levels in April 2017, accord... . ...Read More

• Govt to auction mines for coal-to-gas, CTL projects in FY18

  27 Apr 2017

  The government will put under the hammer coal blocks for private coal­to­gas, liquid and... . ...Read More