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• Cement firms promise to sell atlower prices for State projects

  06 Dec 2016

  In a significant step towards achieving cost effectiveness of various construction and irrigation ... . ...Read More

• India-backed Australia mega coal mine to start work mid-2017

  06 Dec 2016

  A controversial India-backed Aus$21.7 billion (US$16 billion) giant coal project near Australia... . ...Read More

• Adani’s Australia coal mine project gets final nod for permanent rail line

  05 Dec 2016

  Indian mining giant Adani’s plan to build one of the world’s largest coal mines in Aus... . ...Read More

• Adani’s Australia coal mine project gets final nod for permanent rail line

  05 Dec 2016

  Indian mining giant Adani’s plan to build one of the world’s largest coal mines in Aus... . ...Read More

• Another Coal Mining Disaster In China Kills 32 People

  05 Dec 2016

  The second deadly explosion to hit a Chinese coal mine in less than a week has killed 32 miners in... . ...Read More

• Australia Invests in Both Big Solar and Big Coal

  05 Dec 2016

  To accelerate Australia’s rollout of big solar, the first funding agreement from the Austral... . ...Read More

• Beijing to quit coal mining by 2020

  02 Dec 2016

  Beijing will close its last three coal mines in the next four years and entirely quit coal minin... . ...Read More

• Elementia Successfully Completes Acquisition of Giant Cement Holding, Inc. to Enter the U.S. Cement Market

  02 Dec 2016

  1. Elementia paid US$220 million for a 55% stake and full control of Giant using the proceeds obta... . ...Read More

• No proposal to split Coal India: Govt

  02 Dec 2016

  Putting to rest speculations that Coal India Ltd may be broken up, government today said there is ... . ...Read More

• India to require 884.87 mt of coal in 2016-17: Government

  02 Dec 2016

  India's annual coal requirement for the current fiscal ending March 2017 has been pegged at 88... . ...Read More

• Not many cement mixing trucks are plying on the highways these days. The rotating drums that mix cement, sand, gravel and water to make concrete are lying idle — post the announcement of demonetisation by the Modi government. “Without sand and gravel, wha

  01 Dec 2016

  Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), the largest coal producing subsidiary under Coal India (CIL) umbrel... . ...Read More

• Cementing recovery gradually

  01 Dec 2016

  Not many cement mixing trucks are plying on the highways these days. The rotating drums that mix c... . ...Read More

• The surge in thermal coal has been one of the surprises of 2016 with the seaborne price scaling $100 a tonne for the first time since 2012. But domestic prices in the US continued to fall this year and with few export opportunities the rally has bypassed

  01 Dec 2016

  Coal mining accidents in China are likely to spike in the coming months as the nation, the world&r... . ...Read More

• Private capital investment in US coal is over

  01 Dec 2016

  The surge in thermal coal has been one of the surprises of 2016 with the seaborne price scaling $1... . ...Read More

• Coal Stock with Thermal Power Plant Increased to 38.9 MT

  30 Nov 2016

  The coal stock with Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) has increased to 38.9 MT (equivalent to 27 days... . ...Read More