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• Government to launch portal to ease procedure to lift coal

  15 Mar 2016

  Seeking to address the issue of a fall in lifting of coal by medium and small scale industries, go... . ...Read More

• Portable power with solar panels you can roll up

  15 Mar 2016

  U.K Company Renovagen is looking to harness the power of the sun - wherever it shines - with "... . ...Read More

• Power index turns green after 2 days

  14 Mar 2016

  The power index remained turned green on Monday riding on upward movement of global indices. The i... . ...Read More

• Green cess to add to Punjab State Power coal cost

  14 Mar 2016

  The hike in the clean energy cess is likely to increase coal procurement cost by about Rs 120 cror... . ...Read More

• Cement Corp to set up 6-MW solar plant in Tandur

  14 Mar 2016

  Cement Corporation of India (CCI) would be setting up a 6-MW solar power plant at its Tandur plant... . ...Read More

• Cement Corp plans to hike production 7-fold in 5 years

  14 Mar 2016

  Cement Corporation of India (CCI), a Government of India enterprise, wants to hike it’s prod... . ...Read More

• Coal India crosses 500-mt coal production milestone

  14 Mar 2016

  Coal India Ltd (CIL), which has set a target of producing 550 million tons (mt) of coal in 2015-16... . ...Read More

• Indian power utilities Feb coal imports down m-o-m

  14 Mar 2016

  Imports of steam coal by Indian power utilities in February were down marginally to 6.7 million to... . ...Read More

• Steam coal offers up amidst imminent strike at Cerrejon

  14 Mar 2016

  Spot prices of steam coal in international markets firmed up on March 11 amidst indications of an ... . ...Read More

• Kolkata’s Feb aluminium imports plunge m-o-m

  14 Mar 2016

  Aluminium import volumes through the port of Kolkata were at 4,038 tons in January 2016 against 22... . ...Read More

• FICCI worried over dip in manufacturing growth

  14 Mar 2016

  The fall in manufacturing growth for three consecutive months does not augur well for the economy,... . ...Read More

• WPI dips to 0.9% in Feb, food prices down

  14 Mar 2016

  Continuing the downward trend, the WPI inflation fell to (-) 0.91% in February as food articles, m... . ...Read More

• Jan IIP dips 1.5% y-o-y, down 3rd month in a row

  14 Mar 2016

  The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for January 2016 stood at 186.3, down 1.5% compared to th... . ...Read More

• Paradip’s steam coal exports see a dry run for one year

  14 Mar 2016

  Even as domestic production of steam coal is rising in India, most of it is getting consumed by th... . ...Read More

• Feb limestone imports via Paradip Port up 19% m-o-m

  14 Mar 2016

  Imports of limestone through the port of Paradip went up by 18.52% to 338,422 tons in February 201... . ...Read More