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• CCI imposes Rs 6,700 crore fine on 10 cement companies, including ACC, Ultratech and Lafarge for cartelization

  01 Sep 2016

  The Competition Commission of India asked 11 cement companies and their lobby group Cement Manuf... . ...Read More

• Why Is Large-Scale Wind Power So Hard To Build?

  01 Sep 2016

  The Bureau of Land Management faces a problem and wants to shake up the rules around wind farm app... . ...Read More

• Slight improvement in coal, lignite exploration till July

  31 Aug 2016

  India’s promotional and detailed drilling during the first 4 months (April-July) of 2016-17 ... . ...Read More

• Neyveli Lignite production in July falls far below target

  31 Aug 2016

  Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) has produced only 1.95 million tons (mt) of lignite duri... . ...Read More

• Ministry of Coal signs production agreement with NTPC

  31 Aug 2016

  The Ministry of Coal has signed a Coal Development and Production Agreement (CMDPA) for Mandakini ... . ...Read More

• NTPC’s Koldam hydro power station achieves record PLF

  31 Aug 2016

  Koldam Hydro Project, a NTPC India's (4x200 MW) hydel power generation in Himachal Pradesh on ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal prices continue to surge in global markets

  31 Aug 2016

  Firmness prevailed in international steam coal prices on August 30, but coking coal prices surged ... . ...Read More

• China commissions high-capacity solar thermal power plant

  31 Aug 2016

  Chinahas commissioned its first solar thermal power plant with high-capacity energy storage in the... . ...Read More

• CREDAI urges govt. to rein in cement manufacturers

  31 Aug 2016

  Alleging that the cement manufacturing companies in the country colluded to create an artificial d... . ...Read More

• Coal imports in July dip 11% to 18 MT

  31 Aug 2016

  Coal imports during July declined by 11.1 per cent to 18.03 million tonnes (MT) on the back of hig... . ...Read More

• The Challenge of Cutting Coal Dependence

  31 Aug 2016

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

• Natural Gas Emissions Will Surpass Those from Coal in U.S.

  31 Aug 2016

  The U.S. is expected to reach a major carbon emissions milestone this year: For the first time, ca... . ...Read More

• China faces massive closures of small thermal power plants - media

  30 Aug 2016

  China's power generation companies will have to contend with massive closures of their smaller... . ...Read More

• Improved demand props cement prices in the North: ICRA

  30 Aug 2016

  In the northern market, a demand uptick, followed by strong pricing discipline, has resulted in ... . ...Read More

• Fly ash, red mud may replace cement: IIT

  30 Aug 2016

  An IIT Bhubaneswar research has found that the mixture of red mud and fly ash (both industrial was... . ...Read More