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• CEA not to fix coal import target for utilities for FY17

  30 Mar 2016

  Increased availability of domestic coal and lower-than-expected growth in demand for power in the ... . ...Read More

• CIL’s Feb e-auction allotment down 11.5% m-o-m

  30 Mar 2016

  Despite a modest increase in coal offering for sale through e-auction by Coal India Ltd (CIL), all... . ...Read More

• South Africa, Australian coal prices show firmness

  30 Mar 2016

  A firmness was witnessed in both South African and Australian steam coal prices on March 29 even a... . ...Read More

• JK administration fails to resolve cement crisis

  30 Mar 2016

  The J&K administration has failed to resolve cement crisis that has hit Srinagar and other are... . ...Read More

• 2 fuel linkage projects facing delays: Coal Ministry

  30 Mar 2016

  The Coal Ministry has informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that two of the four fuel linkage proj... . ...Read More

• Natural Gas Nears Victory Over Coal

  30 Mar 2016

  Natural gas has been waging a war on coal for more than a decade, and this is the year it plants t... . ...Read More

• China’s ‘Historic’ Drop in Coal Use Is Baloney

  30 Mar 2016

  Like a smoker who keeps trying to quit but sneaks a drag when he thinks nobody’s looking, Ch... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Ruling given in one case, 22 in court, where do they stand?

  30 Mar 2016

  A former Prime Minister, a former Chief Minister, a member of Parliament, and two former Coal Secr... . ...Read More

• A year after e-auction, coal mining stays in slow lane

  30 Mar 2016

  A year after the historic e-auction of mines, coal mining is back to where the trouble began - leg... . ...Read More

• Coal India estimates 540 mt output this year

  30 Mar 2016

  Tardy offtake meant big inventories and some mines had to regulate production Coal India Ltd. se... . ...Read More

• Power index dips, but may remain strong till Thurs

  29 Mar 2016

    March 29: The power index remained range-bound from Monday despite the negative trend in ... . ...Read More

• Ennore Port Feb steam coal imports up 28% m-o-m

  29 Mar 2016

  Steam coal imports through Ennore Port rose 28.42% to 1,065,030 tons in February 2016 from 829,316... . ...Read More

• Railways’ February coal handling down 10% m-o-m

  29 Mar 2016

  Indian Railways (IR) transported 44.18 million tons (mt) of coal in February 2016, down 9.84% from... . ...Read More

• VO Chidambaranar Feb coal handling dips 41% m-o-m

  29 Mar 2016

  The handling of coal by VO Chidambaranar Port (Tuticorin Port) stood at 665,596 tons in February 2... . ...Read More

• Porbander February coal handling up 179% m-o-m

  29 Mar 2016

  Handling of coal by Porbander Port stood at 54,440 tons in February 2016, an increase of 178.55% f... . ...Read More