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• BHEL aims to reduce dependence on power biz to 50% in 10yrs

  22 Dec 2016

  State-owned engineering major Bharat Heavy Electricals   Limited today said it was aiming to ... . ...Read More

• The government will launch a portal to enable the swap, aiming for optimum utilisation by private as well as public power companies, the official said.

  21 Dec 2016

  It will enable states to procure cheaper electricity by swapping coal to efficient power projects ... . ...Read More

• State discoms may soon swap coal via online auction

  21 Dec 2016

  State-run power plants will soon be able to swap coal supplies with projects of private companies ... . ...Read More

• Coal in Trump’s Stocking

  21 Dec 2016

  The Obama Administration has given Donald Trump an early Christmas gift, in the form of a punitive... . ...Read More

• Nigeria: BUA cement 8Mta planned expansion

  20 Dec 2016

  The BUA Cement 8Mta expansion project initiated last year is expected to be completed by 2018, acc... . ...Read More

• Interior Department Finalizes Rule to Protect Waterways from Coal Mining

  20 Dec 2016

  The U.S. Interior Department on Monday finalized a contentious rule to protect streams and forests... . ...Read More

• Coal imports may remain weak in Dec on notes ban, firm prices

  20 Dec 2016

  Coal imports, which dropped by 16 per cent to 14 million tonnes (MT) in November, are likely to de... . ...Read More

• Govt to review status of 72 coal mines

  20 Dec 2016

  The government over the next few days will examine the status of 72 coal blocks allocated either t... . ...Read More

• Gautam Adani says debt level not a concern, eyes new sectors

  19 Dec 2016

  Adani Enterprises Ltd is aiming to start production at its $16 billion integrated mining project i... . ...Read More

• ScottishPower demands Government change coal plans

  19 Dec 2016

  ScottishPower is demanding the Government overhaul one of its key energy policies after the compan... . ...Read More

• Coal surge sets miners against activists

  19 Dec 2016

  In northeastern England, a battle is raging between grass roots campaigners and a company intent o... . ...Read More

• NTPC’s Darlipal unit to be commissioned in a year

  16 Dec 2016

  Buoyed by generation of 567 million extra units of thermal power so far this fiscal, NTPC's Rs... . ...Read More

• India to Phase-Out 25 Year-Old Thermal Power Plants in Five Years

  16 Dec 2016

  Sixty per cent of India’s industrial particulate matter is generated by fossil fuel based po... . ...Read More

• Australia lobbies China-led AIIB to add coal to lending priorities

  16 Dec 2016

  The Australian government is lobbying hard for the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ... . ...Read More

• Coral Not Coal - Australian Activists Fight To Save the Great Barrier Reef

  16 Dec 2016

  Australian politicians are putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk by approving one of the world... . ...Read More