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• Coal India witnesses fall in coal sales during first half of 2016­17

  04 Oct 2016

  Coal India’s coal sales during the first half of 2016­17 declined about 1 per cent aga... . ...Read More

• Centre urged to assist cement plants in energy conservation

  03 Oct 2016

  The Centre should come out with a special package of concessions, particularly in taxes, for cemen... . ...Read More

• Two weeks after the ministry of coal issued a notice of default of payment to Essar Power, the company paid the pending amount.

  03 Oct 2016

  The payment, done on Thursday, pertains to the third and last tranche of payment of the upfront am... . ...Read More

• China Balancing Coal Capacity-Cut Goal Against Soaring Prices

  03 Oct 2016

  China is plowing ahead with its year-end targets for cutting unneeded coal production capacity whi... . ...Read More

• Goyal solution to check coal imports

  03 Oct 2016

  The power ministry has urged equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) to modify its the... . ...Read More

• Clean Power Plan Goes the Distance in Marathon Hearing

  30 Sep 2016

  At last, the Clean Power Plan has had its day in court. On Tuesday, 10 judges on the U.S. Court of... . ...Read More

• Domestic cement demand to touch 6% in FY17: ICRA

  30 Sep 2016

  India's demand for cement is expected to rise to 6 per cent in the current financial year agai... . ...Read More

• Ramaco clears hurdle to develop subbituminous coal mine in Wyoming

  30 Sep 2016

  Ramaco has cleared its last hurdle for the development of the subbituminous Brook Mine near Sherid... . ...Read More

• New coal distribution policy amended

  30 Sep 2016

  Union Ministry of Coal has issued an order with respect to the amendment to the New Coal Distribut... . ...Read More

• BEIS energy update: Coal power nears rock bottom

  30 Sep 2016

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) may be no more, but that hasn't stopped the... . ...Read More

• Coal electricity generation falls to record UK low this spring

  30 Sep 2016

  Coal generated a record low 6% of the UK’s electricity this spring, official figures show. ... . ...Read More

• Azerbaijan: Akkord Concrete and Gazakh Cement merge

  29 Sep 2016

  The Akkord Industry Construction Investment Corporation OJSC has merged two of its businesses. The... . ...Read More

• Ramon Ang builds $300M Davao cement plant

  29 Sep 2016

  Ang is investing around $300 million to build a new cement manufacturing plant in Davao City throu... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry shelves plans to auction of coal blocks in near future

  29 Sep 2016

  With coal production hitting all time high and demands remaining feeble, the government has decide... . ...Read More

• Govt raises coal sale cap for small, medium firms to clear glut

  29 Sep 2016

  India has more than doubled the amount of coal small and medium companies can buy as the country a... . ...Read More