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• Coal Contracts Set for Longest Run of Quarterly Gains Since 2010

  06 Sep 2016

  Metallurgical coal contracts are set for the longest run of gains since quarterly deals were intro... . ...Read More

• Solar, Wind focus has hit low-cost coal-based power production: Partha BhattacharyyaSolar, Wind focus has hit low-cost coal-based power production: Partha Bhattacharyya

  06 Sep 2016

  The country could have produced an additional 170 billion units of power at around rs 1.75 per u... . ...Read More

• Coal India pushes into solar

  05 Sep 2016

  Coal India is diversifying its core business through a plan to install 600 megawatts of solar powe... . ...Read More

• Realising energy sector targets

  05 Sep 2016

  A reasonable aim of 1,500 MT of coal production by 2022 and a calibrated renewable energy push sho... . ...Read More

• Extension of stable trend international coal markets

  02 Sep 2016

  A stable trend prevailed in international coal markets on September 1 on higher offers despite a s... . ...Read More

• Coal India registers a near zero sales growth in first five months

  02 Sep 2016

  Coal India registered a near zero sales growth during the first five months of the current fisca... . ...Read More

• Naveen Patnaik seeks greater share of clean energy cess for coal­bearing states

  02 Sep 2016

  Pointing out that coal­bearing Odisha has been very supportive of the Centre's push to i... . ...Read More

• Coal India constitutes panel to revise salary of over 3 lakh workers

  02 Sep 2016

  Ahead of the BharatBandhcalled by various trade unions, Coal IndiaLimited (CIL) has constituted th... . ...Read More

• Cement firms to approach COMPAT against Rs 6,700 cr CCI order

  02 Sep 2016

  Cement firms including ACC, Ambuja and IndiaCementstoday said they will move COMPAT against fair t... . ...Read More

• Solar power equipment manufactures express concern over GST

  02 Sep 2016

  Manufacturers of solar equipment have raised concern over the possible cost escalation of power pr... . ...Read More

• US to help India meet climate goals with coal: Elizabeth Sherwood­Randal

  01 Sep 2016

  What role is the US playing in the development of clean energy in India? The broad contours of o... . ...Read More

• Naveen Patnaik seeks greater share of clean energy cess for coal­bearing states

  01 Sep 2016

  Pointing out that coal­bearing Odisha has been very supportive of the Centre's push to i... . ...Read More

• Power prices to rise, with coal freight hike, green cess

  01 Sep 2016

  New rate and cess increases would erode the benefit to power plants from surplus coal availability... . ...Read More

• Coking coal prices are on fire — up more than 80% in six months

  01 Sep 2016

  Prices of coking coal, the steel-making kind, keep soaring on slowing supply growth from China and... . ...Read More

• The Challenge of Cutting Coal Dependence

  01 Sep 2016

  It won’t be easy to get rid of coal.   Worried the nation might miss its 2020 targe... . ...Read More