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• 417 coal blocks endanger fresh water sources, documents show

  06 May 2016

  Documents accessed by Greenpeace India under RTI law shows that mining is on in four inviolate for... . ...Read More

• Bangladesh approves Reliance Power proposal to set up 750 MW gas-based power project

  05 May 2016

  Reliance Power has received in-principle approval from the Bangladesh government for the first pha... . ...Read More

• Burnpur Cement to invest Rs 500 crore for capacity expansion

  05 May 2016

  Cement maker Burnpur Cement plans to invest Rs.500 crore for expansion of its production capacity ... . ...Read More

• Major Milestone: More than 100,000 MW Worth of Coal-Fired Power Plants Retired

  05 May 2016

  Dynegy, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based electric utility, announced Tuesday that it will phase out th... . ...Read More

• Indian summer takes a toll on coal mining

  05 May 2016

  Scorching heat wave, which has seen the mercury rise to above 40 °C in India over the past few... . ...Read More

• Cut in coal imports may save Rs 40,000 crore this fiscal: Piyush Goyal

  05 May 2016

  The government is aiming to save Rs 40,000 crore in foreign exchange on account of lower coal impo... . ...Read More

• States get coal use freedom, power cost seen down by 50 p/unit

  05 May 2016

  The Cabinet on Wednesday allowed states freedom in utilising coal allotted to their power stations... . ...Read More

• Coal India unions oppose machines at mines

  04 May 2016

  Plans by Coal India to buy billions of dollars of new machinery and outsource work are facing resi... . ...Read More

• Changes in Mines Act will bring better valuation to cement, steel sector assets

  04 May 2016

  Mergers and acquisitions worth over ₹20,000 crore in the cement sector, which have been delayed ... . ...Read More

• Coal Plants Are Shutting Down, With or Without Clean Power Plan

  04 May 2016

  The coal industry’s decline has been a long time coming, thanks to an aging fleet of power p... . ...Read More

• Cabinet may take up flexible domestic coal use policy today

  04 May 2016

  Union Cabinet is likely to consider today a proposal to ease norms for utilisation of domestic coa... . ...Read More

• Labor policy could increase power prices by 8% to 25%, economist says

  03 May 2016

  A little-noticed part of Labor’s climate policy could push up retail power prices by between... . ...Read More

• New mining law to spur cement, steel M&As

  03 May 2016

  The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved an enabling legislation to make it easier for mergers and acqui... . ...Read More

• Higher coal use in Asia may lead to reduced rainfall: Study

  03 May 2016

  Burning more coal in Indian thermal power plants can have an adverse impact on rainfall locally. I... . ...Read More

• Parliamentary panel asks coal PSUs, govt to recover dues

  03 May 2016

  Expressing concerns over the large amount of dues that need to be recovered by all coal PSUs, incl... . ...Read More