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• No CIL premium on excess supplies of higher grades

  12 Apr 2016

  Saddled with nearly 58 million tons of pithead vendible stocks and in an attempt to liquidate the ... . ...Read More

• The Best Thing for Coal Country: A Coal Tax?

  12 Apr 2016

  The best way to shore-up West Virginia's coal country – anemic for years, but now positi... . ...Read More

• New solar power projects aim to skirt purchase price cuts

  12 Apr 2016

  Japanese leasing companies and others look to snap up pre-owned solar power plants and rent out pa... . ...Read More

• Gujarat: After RIL, Essar, cement firm challenge land Act clause

  12 Apr 2016

  After Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), two more private firms — Essar Steel India Limited ... . ...Read More

• Discoms to launch e-bid portal for power procurement

  12 Apr 2016

  The central government’s move to launch an e-bid portal, through which power distribution co... . ...Read More

• Nagaland coal: Affected by falling prices

  12 Apr 2016

  While the Nagaland State Government struggles with streamlining the coal business, prospectors in ... . ...Read More

• Is There a Future for Western Coal?

  12 Apr 2016

  Just weeks before the biggest mass layoffs in Powder River Basin history, it was business as usual... . ...Read More

• Coal India: Strong growth visibility intact

  12 Apr 2016

  With the divestment news cropping up once again, Coal India touched a 52-week low of Rs 274.6 on A... . ...Read More

• Power index continues bull rally riding on Sensex

  11 Apr 2016

  The power index exuded strong positivity as it received support from the BSE Sensex, climbing up o... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port’s FY16 met coke imports at 69,326 tons

  11 Apr 2016

  The imports of met coke through Kandla Port stood at 10,948 tons in March 2016, more than double c... . ...Read More

• PCI imports via Kandla Port scant throughout FY16

  11 Apr 2016

  There were no imports of PCI coal via Kandla Port for 11 consecutive months from May 2015 to March... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port FY16 pet coke imports surge by 380%

  11 Apr 2016

  Imports of pet coke through Kandla Port decreased 46.04% month-on-month to 166,440 tons in March 2... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port FY16 coking coal imports down 23%

  11 Apr 2016

  Coking coal imports through the port of Kandla decrease by 19.64% to 26,918 tons in March 2016 aga... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port FY16 steam coal imports up 33.12%

  11 Apr 2016

  Steam coal imports through the port of Kandla stood at 706,760 tons in March 2016, down 57.91% com... . ...Read More

• Cost of solar energy is less than that of coal: Goyal

  11 Apr 2016

  The cost of solar is cheaper than that of conventional energy based on fossil fuels and the tariff... . ...Read More