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• Krishnapatnam Jan steam coal imports down 29%

  08 Feb 2016

  Steam coal imports via Krishnapatnam Port in December 2015 were down 28.79% month-on-month to 1,18... . ...Read More

• Krishnapatnam Jan anthracite imports surge m-o-m

  08 Feb 2016

  Imports of anthracite coal via Krishnapatnam Port rose a sharp 151.97% to 37,795 tons in January 2... . ...Read More

• Krishnapatnam Jan pet coke imports up 112% m-o-m

  08 Feb 2016

  Imports of petroleum coke via Krishnapatnam Port were sharply up 112.45% month-on-month to 228,392... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports resumed via Krishnapatnam in Jan

  08 Feb 2016

  After a gap of five months, met coke imports resumed through Krishnapatnam Port with a volume of 1... . ...Read More

• No PCI imports in January via Krishnapatnam Port

  08 Feb 2016

    As in November and December 2015, there were no imports of PCI coal via Krishnapatnam Por... . ...Read More

• Electricity prices at power trading exchanges drop below Re 1 for off-peak demand periods

  08 Feb 2016

  Electricity prices at power trading exchanges have dropped below Rs 1 for off-peak demand periods ... . ...Read More

• Big, small companies fight it out for dominance in cement

  08 Feb 2016

  With Harsh Lodha-led Birla Corp bagging the 5-MTPA capacity Reliance Cement, the consolidatio... . ...Read More

• Costs of Closing, Cleaning Toxic Coal Ash Pits Grows Clearer

  08 Feb 2016

  Giant earthmoving machines beep and grind as they drop 17-ton scoops of coal ash and dirt into doz... . ...Read More

• Not a single power plant facing coal shortage now, Piyush Goyal says

  08 Feb 2016

  The government has transformed the country's coal scenario in a short span and not a single th... . ...Read More

• Drax power chief warns on deadline for coal stations closure

  08 Feb 2016

  Drax power chief warns on deadline for coal stations closure Britain will need power fr... . ...Read More

• Coal India: Beginning to warm up

  08 Feb 2016

  Commodity prices are on a downward spiral globally, with new lows being recorded everyday. Metal a... . ...Read More

• Hanjin Shipping makes first service call at Krishnapatnam

  05 Feb 2016

  In what is termed as a new milestone, South Korean shipping conglomerate Hanjin Shipping India Pvt... . ...Read More

• SCCL’s coal loading by rail exceeds target in Dec

  05 Feb 2016

  Singareni Collieries Company Ltd’s (SCCL) coal loading by railways was up 34.4% to 82 rakes ... . ...Read More

• Bumpy ride for power scrips, index marginally up

  05 Feb 2016

  Taking cues from global indices like CAC, DAX and FTSE as well as the Indian Sensex, most of the p... . ...Read More

• CIL to offer 5 mt additional coal to power sector through special auction

  05 Feb 2016

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) is planning to offer around 5.5 million tons (mt) of coal to power sector con... . ...Read More