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• 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

• CEA’s power plan sounds death knell for thermal capacities

  15 Dec 2016

  With a substantial number of thermal plants getting old and recommended for retirement or moderniz... . ...Read More

• Subdued volumes upset earning prospects of cement cos: Icra

  15 Dec 2016

  While cement prices have been affected in the southern and western markets, volume growth has been... . ...Read More

• Cementing the bond

  15 Dec 2016

  After securing its place in the consumer goods and healthcare space, Emami Ltd has made a daring m... . ...Read More

• CSOs urge cancellation of coal, large hydro projects

  15 Dec 2016

  Hundreds of civil society organisations have urged the government to formally abandon plans for co... . ...Read More

• Beijing mulls ban on coal trucks, storage in Tianjin in smog fight

  15 Dec 2016

  Beijing’s environmental watchdog is considering a ban on the use of trucks to transport coal... . ...Read More

• Security beefed up to prevent illegal coal trade around Central Coalfields in Bokaro

  15 Dec 2016

  In a bid to reduce the revenue generation points of Maoists, weigh bridges under the Central Coalf... . ...Read More