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• Ennore Port coking coal imports show intermittent trend

  25 Aug 2016

  Coking coal imports have been intermittent through the port of Ennore. In July 2016, a hefty volum... . ...Read More

• Morgan Stanley And General Electric: There Is Hope For Coal

  25 Aug 2016

  Events have been so bad in coal for so long that it is easy to lose hope on the sector. Most of th... . ...Read More

• Contract staff will help Coal India tide over Sept 2 strike

  25 Aug 2016

  Coal India might not face production loss despite four central trade unions going ahead with a one... . ...Read More

• Glencore Records $395 Million Loss From Hedging Coal Output

  25 Aug 2016

  Glencore Plc, the world’s biggest coal exporter, recorded a $395 million loss by hedging fut... . ...Read More

• Reliance permitted to mortgage Sasan coal block

  25 Aug 2016

  The government on Tuesday approved Anil Ambani­led Reliance Power's request to mortgage ... . ...Read More

• Court decision to charge former coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta may paralyse bureaucracy

  25 Aug 2016

  A policy paralysis can strike the central government because of shock and anxiety in the bureauc... . ...Read More

• Cabinet okays slew of rail network expansion projects

  24 Aug 2016

  In a major push to give a boost to the infrastructure sector in the country, the Cabinet Committee... . ...Read More

• UDAY scheme: Power companies still losing 20 paise on every rupee spent on transmission

  24 Aug 2016

  UDAY, a government scheme aimed at rescuing power distribution companies from their financial me... . ...Read More

• Reliance Cement becomes subsidiary of Birla Corp

  24 Aug 2016

  Reliance Cement Company Private Ltd. (RCCPL) has become a subsidiary of the city-based Birla Corpo... . ...Read More

• Reliance permitted to mortgage Sasan coal block

  24 Aug 2016

  The government on Tuesday approved Anil Ambani­led Reliance Power's request to mortgage ... . ...Read More

• Brexit Worsens U.K. Energy Supply Risk as Coal Closures Loom

  24 Aug 2016

  Britain’s decision to leave the European Union may push back its planned exit from coal, a m... . ...Read More

• Railways rationalises coal freight to offset falling volumes; long-distance rate cut

  24 Aug 2016

  Facing shortfall in freight loading, Railways today rationalised coal tariff by reducing the rate ... . ...Read More

• Ikata 3 operating at full power again

  23 Aug 2016

  Ikata 3 had been idle since being taken offline for a periodic inspection in April 2011. However, ... . ...Read More

• China’s drive to clean up its coal power, one plant at a time

  23 Aug 2016

  China, the world’s top greenhouse gas emitter, is often chided for its carbon-belching, Dick... . ...Read More

• Bengal coal cess under scanner

  23 Aug 2016

  The Centre has nudged the Mamata Banerjee-government to cut cess on coal, but the state remained n... . ...Read More