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• After years of pain, coal becomes one of the hottest commodities of 2016

  18 Aug 2016

  Less than a year after the coal industry was declared to be in terminal decline, the fossil fuel h... . ...Read More

• Monsoon damps thermal power generation

  17 Aug 2016

  Bumper rain this season and slowing demand has led to 16,000 Mw of thermal power generation capaci... . ...Read More

• India Cements : A company in the business of ‘nation-building’

  17 Aug 2016

  The island of Rameswaram off southern Tamil Nadu holds cultural significance for worshippers of Ra... . ...Read More

• India Cements : A company in the business of ‘nation-building’

  17 Aug 2016

  The island of Rameswaram off southern Tamil Nadu holds cultural significance for worshippers of Ra... . ...Read More

• India coal-bed methane projects floundering

  17 Aug 2016

  Over a decade after India began allocating coal-bed methane (CBM) blocks to investors, the country... . ...Read More

• As Coal Industry Sputters, Some Miners Are Moving On

  17 Aug 2016

  Donald Trump promised “to bring the coal industry back 100 percent.” Hillary Clinton w... . ...Read More

• Feeling Cornered, Coal Industry Borrows From Tobacco Playbook, Activists Say

  17 Aug 2016

  Greg Zimmerman, an environmental activist, was scrolling through the website of a coal industry as... . ...Read More

• Growth in electricity demand tapers off in July

  16 Aug 2016

  The momentum in electricity demand in the first quarter of fiscal 2016-17 has helped increase powe... . ...Read More

• Shree Cement Q1: valuations expensive, positives priced-in

  16 Aug 2016

  Cement companies with a strong presence in north and central India were poised to see a robust Jun... . ...Read More

• India is pioneering in making advanced ultra supercritical equipment for coal power plants

  16 Aug 2016

  A pioneering indigenous technology for coal-fired power plants, which requires less fuel, delivers... . ...Read More

• Nearly half the country’s coal fired power capacity remains unutilised this monsoon season

  16 Aug 2016

  Nearly half the country's coal fired power capacity have remained unutilised this monsoon se... . ...Read More

• Goa won’t be able to generate 150 MW solar power by 2021, says State Power Minister

  12 Aug 2016

  Goa will not be able to achieve the target of producing 150 MW of solar power by 2021 due to unava... . ...Read More

• China’s Closing Coal Mines Too Slow to Meet Capacity-Cut Targets

  12 Aug 2016

  China urged state-owned coal producers to accelerate mine closures in order to meet year-end targe... . ...Read More

• Coal prices set to extend rally as China cuts capacity and La Nina set to weigh supply

  12 Aug 2016

  Prices of coal have surged over the past couple months, in what may be a sign that supply-side ref... . ...Read More

• No shortage of coal; 23 days stock available for power plants

  12 Aug 2016

  There is no shortage of coal in the country and coal stock for 23 days is available with thermal... . ...Read More