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• Extracting rare-earth elements from coal could soon be economical in US

  03 Feb 2016

  The U.S. could soon decrease its dependence on importing valuable rare-earth elements that are wid... . ...Read More

• China’s largest coal importer turns net exporter

  03 Feb 2016

  China's largest coal miner Shenhua turned a net exporter of coal in 2015 from a net importer, ... . ...Read More

• Coal India may buy back shares worth at least $368 mln from govt - source

  03 Feb 2016

  Coal India Ltd is likely to buy back shares worth at least 25 billion rupees ($368 million) from t... . ...Read More

• Government may allot 15 blocks to PSUs for commercial coal mining

  03 Feb 2016

  Moving ahead with its decision to open up the coal sector for commercial mining, government has id... . ...Read More

• Coal India arm NCL declares interim dividend of Rs 2,644 crore

  03 Feb 2016

  The world's largest coal miner CIL today said its arm Northern Coalfields has declared an inte... . ...Read More

• CIL misses January coal production target by 6%

  02 Feb 2016

  Despite an encouraging growth, Coal India Ltd (CIL) failed to achieve its January 2016 coal produc... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal off-take rises 9.59% in January y-o-y

  02 Feb 2016

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) achieved a 9.59% growth in coal off-take in January 2016 to 48.32 million ton... . ...Read More

• CIL overburden removal exceeds target 11% till Jan

  02 Feb 2016

  Total overburden removal (OBR) during the first ten months of 2015-16 stood at 941.94 million cubi... . ...Read More

• Dec core sector growth slows to 0.9% y-o-y

  02 Feb 2016

  The output of the eight core industries grew 0.9% in December 2015 on the back of a strong showing... . ...Read More

• India’s April-January coal imports edge down 8.38%

  02 Feb 2016

  India’s coal imports (all types) during the first 10 months of 2015-16 (April-January) decli... . ...Read More

• GMDC’s January lignite production edges up 7.46%

  02 Feb 2016

  Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has achieved total lignite production of around 0.7... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port’s Dec steam coal imports dip m-o-m

  02 Feb 2016

  Steam coal imports through the port of Kandla stood at 800,667 tons in December 2015, slightly dow... . ...Read More

• Kandla’s coking coal imports double in Dec m-o-m

  02 Feb 2016

  Coking coal imports through the port of Kandla increased 96.73% to 44,926 tons in December 2015 ag... . ...Read More

• Kandla’s Dec pet coke imports drop 7% m-o-m

  02 Feb 2016

  Kandla’s Dec pet coke imports drop 7% m-o-m   Kw: Pet Coke, import, port, Kandla P... . ...Read More

• No PCI imported via Kandla Port for last 8 months

  02 Feb 2016

  There were no imports of PCI coal via Kandla Port for eight consecutive months from May to Decembe... . ...Read More