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• A K Goel takes over as GM of Eastern Railway

  01 Feb 2016

  Ashish Kumar Goel, an IRSS (Indian Railway Stores Service) of 1979 batch, has taken over as Genera... . ...Read More

• S N Prasad is new Director (Marketing) of CIL

  01 Feb 2016

  S N Prasad took over as the new Director (Marketing) of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on superannuation of ... . ...Read More

• Railways’ December coal handling up 4.68%

  01 Feb 2016

  Indian Railways (IR) transported 48.76 million tons (mt) of coal in December 2015, up 4.68% from 4... . ...Read More

• India’s Dec power generation up 4.72% m-o-m

  01 Feb 2016

  India’s total power generation rose 4.72% to 89.304 billion units (BU) during the month of D... . ...Read More

• India adds 2,280 MW capacity in December

  01 Feb 2016

  Altogether, 2,280 megawatt (MW) of power generation capacity was added in India in December 2015, ... . ...Read More

• Rent your rooftop and get solar power at a cheaper rate

  01 Feb 2016

  Give us your rooftop and we will give you cheap solar power ­ this is the model being used by ... . ...Read More

• Eagle Materials reports cement earnings up by 11% to US$41.8m in Q3

  01 Feb 2016

  Eagle Materials has reported that its earnings from its cement business rose by 11% year-on-year t... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp set to buy Reliance Infrastructure’s cement assets

  01 Feb 2016

  Birla Corp. Ltd is set to buy the cement assets of Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Infrastructure ... . ...Read More

• Tamil Nadu to set up 800MW supercritical coal-based power plant

  01 Feb 2016

  Tamil Nadu government has set the ball rolling for establishing the state's first 800MW superc... . ...Read More

• U.S. coal for electricity plummets to 45-year low

  01 Feb 2016

  The amount of coal used for electricity generation in the United States has sunk to a 45-year low.... . ...Read More

• Coal India faces higher production woes on sluggish demand from state generation firms

  01 Feb 2016

  Amid sluggish demand, Coal India is facing dilemma over the production and finding it difficult to... . ...Read More

• CIL Dec e-auction allotment rises 3.17% m-o-m

  29 Jan 2016

  A sharp increase in coal offering for sale through e-auction resulted in higher allotment of the f... . ...Read More

• Adequate supplies sustain soft trend in pet coke

  29 Jan 2016

  A bearish tone is prevailing in the pet coke market on sufficient availability and not much increa... . ...Read More

• Uzbek cement plants to carry out energy-saving projects

  29 Jan 2016

  Qizilqumsement and Bekabad Cement intend to conduct energy saving projects at their plants by the ... . ...Read More

• Investment agreement signed for Nam Dinh thermal power plant

  29 Jan 2016

  A consortium of investors, including Taekwang Power and Aowa Power, signed an investment agreement... . ...Read More