Coal news and updates

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• SCCL targeting 6 mt of coal production in March

  01 Mar 2016

  Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), which took the coal industry by surprise by achieving mor... . ...Read More

• Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel extends met coke tender

  01 Mar 2016

  Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL) of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has extended the l... . ...Read More

• CoalMin invokes bank guarantees for coal blocks

  01 Mar 2016

  The coal ministry has invoked the bank guarantees (BG) of eight coal blocks for delay in developme... . ...Read More

• Spot coal prices largely flat on ample supplies

  01 Mar 2016

  Notwithstanding the uncertainty over a strike call at Colombia’s Cerrejon, spot prices of se... . ...Read More

• Jaypee Group stocks gain on cement biz deal with UltraTech Cement

  01 Mar 2016

  Shares of Jaypee Group companies such as Jaiprakash Associates (up 3% at Rs 6.94), Jaype... . ...Read More

• Union Budget 2016-17 brings hopes of revival for the cement industry

  01 Mar 2016

  The focus of the budget on giving a much-needed push to India's infrastructure sector, especia... . ...Read More

• Analysis: Decline in China’s coal consumption accelerates

  01 Mar 2016

  China’s coal use declined 3.7% in 2015, according to official statistics released ... . ...Read More

• Why Pakistan’s coal revival is bad (and good) news

  01 Mar 2016

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• Govt doubles Clean Energy Cess on coal to Rs 400 per tonne

  01 Mar 2016

  Renaming the Clean Energy Cess as Clean Environment Cess, the government today proposed to raise t... . ...Read More

• No tangible incentives for MSME in Budget: BNCCI

  29 Feb 2016

  The Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry, while hailing the pious intentions and goo... . ...Read More

• Mundra Jan gypsum imports down sharply m-o-m

  29 Feb 2016

  Imports of gypsum via Mundra Port decreased sharply to 628 tons in January 2016, from 44,461 tons ... . ...Read More

• Budget to ensure economic stability, says FICCI

  29 Feb 2016

  Overall, the Budget proposals are in line with the development priorities of the nation and the fi... . ...Read More

• ‘Coal cess hike to raise input cost at user-end’

  29 Feb 2016

  The increase in the cess on coal by Rs 200 per ton is likely to increase the input cost of coal-ba... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal despatches to power sector rise in Jan

  29 Feb 2016

  The despatches of coal by Coal India Ltd (CIL) to the power sector in January 2016 increased by 1.... . ...Read More

• January coal handling by 8 ports up 10.33% m-o-m

  29 Feb 2016

  The total handling of coal by eight ports - Cochin, Haldia, Magdalla, New Mangalore, Paradip, Kand... . ...Read More