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• No PCI coal imports through Karaikal for 2 months

  15 Mar 2016

  There were no imports of PCI coal in February and January, 2016 through Karaikal Port while in Dec... . ...Read More

• India Temporarily Shelves Privatizing Coal Industry — Cites Slacking Demand

  15 Mar 2016

  India will temporarily halt plans to privatize its coal industry, thanks in part to dwindling dema... . ...Read More

• Cement demand likely to pick up from Q1FY17: Star Ferro

  15 Mar 2016

  While cement prices have increased by Rs 10 per bag in North East India, there has been little imp... . ...Read More

• KKR Mauritius Cement Investments buys 8.5% in Dalmia Bharat

  15 Mar 2016

  KKR Mauritius Cement Investments Ltd has acquired 8.5 per cent stake in Dalmia Bharat Ltd. The d... . ...Read More

• Coal India to get anti-theft technology by end of April

  15 Mar 2016

  Coal India's measures to prevent theft by electronically "fencing" mining areas and ... . ...Read More

• 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