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• China steps up efforts to cut coal capacity

  05 Jan 2017

    China, the world’s largest coal consumer and producer, is not giving up on its long... . ...Read More

• Centre orders safety audits in coal mines

  04 Jan 2017

  Union coal and power minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday ordered safety audit in all Coal India mines... . ...Read More

• UK moves ahead on lower-carbon power to end coal use by 2025

  04 Jan 2017

  The United Kingdom is increasing its use of low-carbon energy sources as it moves to phase out coa... . ...Read More

• Bhel commissions another 600 Mw thermal unit in Telangana

  04 Jan 2017

  State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) on Thursday said it has su... . ...Read More

• ‘Would not like to go back to era of coal shortages,’ says Minister

  04 Jan 2017

  The Ministry of Coal would continuously recalibrate the sector’s output but there was no que... . ...Read More

• Fate of N-power plants hangs in balance in MP

  03 Jan 2017

  Thirty-four years after they were first proposed in Madhya Pradesh, the fate of its first two nucl... . ...Read More

• NGT ban on construction: Aarey cement plant gets show-cause notice

  03 Jan 2017

  Five days after HT reported that another ready-mix-concrete (RMC) plant had been set up at Aarey C... . ...Read More

• Coal India Apr­Dec output at 378 MT, misses target

  03 Jan 2017

  State­owned Coal India's output in April­December of this fiscal stood at 377.7 mill... . ...Read More

• China to cut 800m tons of coal capacity annually by 2020

  03 Jan 2017

  China aims to optimize the structure of its coal production by reducing outdated capacity and incr... . ...Read More

• Solar could beat coal to be the cheapest power on earth

  03 Jan 2017

  Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world. In less than a decade, it’s... . ...Read More

• Coal Country Picked Trump. Now, They Want Him To Keep His Promises

  02 Jan 2017

  From West Virginia to Wyoming, coal country overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump and his message ... . ...Read More

• With few challenges ahead, coal will be open commodity: Piyush Goyal

  02 Jan 2017

  For the first time in four decades, India may open up commercial coal mining to private firms in t... . ...Read More

• Market Conditions Force Coal Unit Closures in Australia, Germany

  02 Jan 2017

  Difficult market conditions have accelerated the much-hyped closures of a string of coal-fired pow... . ...Read More

• CIL allocates 30% less coal under spot e-auction in Nov

  02 Jan 2017

  State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) allocated 3.1 million tonnes (MT) of coal under spot e-auction in... . ...Read More

• Jharkhand coal mine collapse: Death toll rises to 17 in Lalmatia mishap

  02 Jan 2017

  The death toll climbed to 17 in the coal mine collapse at Lalmatia open cast coal mine of Eastern ... . ...Read More