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• KKR, UltraTech submit bids for Jaypee Group’s cement assets

  21 Jan 2016

  KKR and Co. and billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s UltraTech Cement Ltd have submitted initi... . ...Read More

• Solar power cost competitiveness to help India meet emission targets

  21 Jan 2016

  Private energy producers once again bid for solar power projects at the lowest-ever tariffs in the... . ...Read More

• New power tariff policy for boosting investment, clean energy

  21 Jan 2016

  In bold reforms, the government has allowed passing of taxes and levies affecting power generation... . ...Read More

• Has coal burning finally peaked in China?

  21 Jan 2016

  One of the world's biggest environmental challenges is getting China off coal. The country has... . ...Read More

• Natural gas likely overtook coal as top U.S. power source in 2015

  21 Jan 2016

  Last year looks like it was an unwelcome watershed for the embattled U.S. coal industry. Power c... . ...Read More

• Can Germany Ditch Coal?

  21 Jan 2016

  A call by Germany’s environment minister to fast-track the country’s coal exit has ril... . ...Read More

• Coal India unions call for a day’s strike to protest against disinvestment

  21 Jan 2016

  Five central trade unions representing almost 90 per cent of the workmen of Coal India have served... . ...Read More

• STC yet to award 0.65-mt coal tender of BORL

  20 Jan 2016

  The STC, which floated a tender in November on behalf of Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL) to proc... . ...Read More

• Anglo to sell mine in Queensland to Batchfire

  20 Jan 2016

  Anglo American plc, on January 20, announced that it has entered into a share sale agreement (SSA)... . ...Read More

• JSW Energy’s Q3 net down 15% to Rs 380.19 cr

  20 Jan 2016

  JSW Energy Ltd, on January 20, reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 320.68 crore in the third ... . ...Read More

• Cabinet nod for Electricity Tariff Policy amendment

  20 Jan 2016

  The Union Cabinet, in its meeting held on January 20, approved the proposal of the Ministry of Pow... . ...Read More

• CBI summons ex-Coal Controller in Electrosteel case

  20 Jan 2016

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in continuation of its investigation into Electrosteel ... . ...Read More

• Spot coal prices slide in international markets

  20 Jan 2016

  After remaining flat the previous day, the spot coal prices softened further on January 19 taking ... . ...Read More

• SER sees 8% growth in freight loading in FY16

  20 Jan 2016

  South Eastern Railway (SER) has crossed 100 million tons (mt) of freight loading till January 8 of... . ...Read More

• SER in big solar push, to set up 2 MW of projects

  20 Jan 2016

  South Eastern Railway (SER) is planning to set up a number of solar power projects in the coming y... . ...Read More