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• Sharp fall in April-January PLF of Indian power plants

  24 Feb 2016

  Despite higher coal availability, the plant load factor (PLF) of coal-fired Indian power plants th... . ...Read More

• Indian power cos’ Jan coal consumption up 4% m-o-m

  24 Feb 2016

  Coal consumption by India’s power utilities monitored by the Central Electricity Authority (... . ...Read More

• Indian power cos’ Jan coal receipts dip 0.87% m-o-m

  24 Feb 2016

  Total coal receipts, both indigenous and domestic, by Indian power utilities, in January 2016 stoo... . ...Read More

• Indian power units’ Jan coal imports drop 8% m-o-m

  24 Feb 2016

  Indian power utilities’ coal imports in January 2016 stood at 6.82 million tons (mt), down 8... . ...Read More

• ‘Discom demand to rise soon and end surplus scenario’

  24 Feb 2016

  The current surplus scenario in domestic coal availability may not last for long as the demand for... . ...Read More

• No need for Coal India to cut production: Coal secy

  24 Feb 2016

  There is no need for Coal India to resort to production cuts despite a rise in pithead vendible st... . ...Read More

• CIL to go for price restructuring when needed: Swarup

  24 Feb 2016

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) will go for price restructuring at an appropriate time, as and when it is nee... . ...Read More

• New linkage policy for power sector in a month: Swarup

  24 Feb 2016

  The government is working on framing a new coal linkage policy for the power sector under which ev... . ...Read More

• Auctioned coal blocks produced 9.50 mt of coal till Dec

  24 Feb 2016

  A total of eight coal blocks that were e-auctioned post de-allocation by the Supreme Court in Sept... . ...Read More

• SA, Australia rates further up on Columbian worries

  24 Feb 2016

  Spot price of South African and Australian steam coals surged further as uncertainty persisted on ... . ...Read More

• Like cement, infra, largecap IT space: Mayuresh Joshi

  24 Feb 2016

  Mayuresh Joshi of Angel Broking told CNBC-TV18, "Clearly from a sectoral perspective what we ... . ...Read More

• One dead and three missing in Didcot power station collapse

  24 Feb 2016

  One person has died, four are in hospital and three are missing following a major incident at a de... . ...Read More

• Slow growth in cement industry short¬term: Venkaiah Naidu

  24 Feb 2016

  The slowing cement industry will improve in the coming years with the government's aggressive ... . ...Read More

• Power sector awaits new coal linkage policy

  24 Feb 2016

  Notwithstanding the increased availability of coal, power sector players have made a fresh appeal ... . ...Read More

• Neyveli: Coal block allocation ups visibility

  24 Feb 2016

  The news of public sector power producer Neyveli LigniteCorporation being allotted Talab... . ...Read More