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• Coal has a big role to play in fighting climate change: Benjamin Sporton

  20 Oct 2016

  A global network of the coal industry, the World Coal Association (WCA) promotes the industry'... . ...Read More

• Glencore on track to meet debt targets after selling Australian coal railway for £711m

  20 Oct 2016

  Mining giant Glencore is a further stop on the road to hitting its debt targets after banking &pou... . ...Read More

• NCC-BGR consortium bags mining development contract for Pachhwara coal block

  20 Oct 2016

  The NCC-BGR Consortium has been awarded the Pachhwara North Coal Block Mine Developer and Operator... . ...Read More

• Chandigarh, Himachal, Uttarakhand to get cheapest power, Gujarat to costliest

  19 Oct 2016

  Residents of Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Uttarakhand will be able to buy solar po... . ...Read More

• JSW Group to invest additional Rs3,400 crore at cement facility in Salboni

  19 Oct 2016

  The JSW Group on Tuesday announced in Kolkata that it will invest an additional Rs3,400 crore at i... . ...Read More

• Apex court upholds NTPC’s decision to reject Montecarlo bid for 3 coal mines

  19 Oct 2016

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the NTPC decision to reject Montecarlo’s techno-commerci... . ...Read More

• Australian thermal coal prices hit $100 per tonne for first time since 2012

  19 Oct 2016

  Australian thermal coal spot prices have hit $100 per tonne for the first time since 2012, with a ... . ...Read More

• Clinton’s ‘uncaring’ tone undermines her plans for coal country

  19 Oct 2016

  Like thousands of men born in the remote mountain towns of Appalachia, Jamie Adams followed his fa... . ...Read More

• Coal: after the $100 per tonne boom, how long until the bust?

  19 Oct 2016

  As Australian thermal coal prices hit $100 per tonne on Tuesday for the first time since 2012, t... . ...Read More

• Nagpur air quality bad due to thermal power stations’

  18 Oct 2016

  While industries, power plants, mines and vehicles are blamed for increasing exposure to air pollu... . ...Read More

• Cement firms with north, central exposure better off than pan-India ones

  18 Oct 2016

  Market participants know well that the cement industry’s volume growth is likely to be muted... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Court pulls up CBI for not filing progress report

  18 Oct 2016

  The CBI was today pulled up by a special court for not filing the progress report of further probe... . ...Read More

• COAL BYPRODUCTS ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

  18 Oct 2016

  Civilization as we know it wouldn’t exist without rare earth elements. No smartphones, LEDs,... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry opposes NITI Aayog’s draft Energy Policy

  18 Oct 2016

  Wary of losing Coal India’s pricing power, the Piyush Goyal­led Ministry of Coal has r... . ...Read More

• Onset of winter may raise coal demand: CIL

  18 Oct 2016

  State­run Coal India (CIL) sees sales picking up in the coming days as the onset of winters ... . ...Read More