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• India cannot cut coal use unless batteries become cheaper: Piyush Goyal

  09 Sep 2016

  The government is scouting for technologies to make coal-based power generation less polluting as ... . ...Read More

• U.S. coal miners hit Congress to rally for pension protection

  09 Sep 2016

  About 10,000 retired coal miners and their families descended on the U.S. Congress on Thursday to ... . ...Read More

• Why China Won’t Make Coal King Again

  09 Sep 2016

  China’s coal demand seems to be gathering steam. But investors shouldn’t let the soot ... . ...Read More

• Coal India surrenders exploratory block in Mozambique

  09 Sep 2016

  Coal India (CIL) has surrendered exploratory blocks in Mozambique after failing to find mineable... . ...Read More

• India needs 4 times defence budget to meet 2020 coal target

  09 Sep 2016

  The government has estimated that by the year 2020, India will need 1.5 billion tonnes of coal. Bu... . ...Read More

• Pakistan records strong cement sales growth in mid-2016 despite Afghan export drop

  08 Sep 2016

  Total cement despatches in Pakistand during the first two months of the current fiscal year clocke... . ...Read More

• Landmark US-China climate deal to half thermal coal trade: WoodMac

  08 Sep 2016

  Trade in thermal coal—a key fuel in electricity generation—is likely to fall 40 percen... . ...Read More

• Power Ministry mulling to retire old coal-based plants

  08 Sep 2016

  Power Ministry is planning to shut coal-fired power plants with capacity of about 8,000 MW that ar... . ...Read More

• Bangladesh for coal exports

  08 Sep 2016

  India's biggest coal company CIL is in "deep consultation" with Bangladesh to export... . ...Read More

• Latent energy demand will drive coal use: official

  08 Sep 2016

  Demand for coal in India will increase despite a massive expansion of the nation’s renewable... . ...Read More

• China’s Hunger for Steelmaking Coal Fuels Price Rally

  07 Sep 2016

  The price of coal needed to make steel has surged more than 45% over the past three weeks, to its ... . ...Read More

• Global coal power plans fall in 2016, led by China, India - study

  07 Sep 2016

  The amount of coal-fired power generation under development worldwide has shrunk by 14 percent thi... . ...Read More

• Latent energy demand will drive coal use: official

  07 Sep 2016

  Demand for coal in India will increase despite a massive expansion of the nation’s renewable... . ...Read More

• China and Kazakhstan cement fuel pellet deal

  06 Sep 2016

  Signed during Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's state visit to China, these follow a... . ...Read More

• Coal India to set up 600 MW solar plants in four states

  06 Sep 2016

  State­run mining major Coal India will develop solar power plants of 600 MW capacity in four... . ...Read More