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• Power Sector Reforms – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar & Orissa join UDAY

  05 Jan 2016

  This was announced by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State ( IC) for Power, Coal and New & Ren... . ...Read More

• Year End Review 2015: Indian Coal Sector

  05 Jan 2016

  The year 2015 witnessed the coal mines auction conducted in an efficient and transparent way.... . ...Read More

• Cement prices: weak demand puts pressure

  05 Jan 2016

  Weak demand continues to ail the cement sector. The trend is quite contrary to the normal, where d... . ...Read More

• Cape Breton massive coal mine looking for workers… in Alberta

  05 Jan 2016

  Halifax-based Kameron Coal, a subsidiary of U.S.-based giant Cline Group that is getting ready to ... . ...Read More

• Coal shipment from South Africa arrives in Ukraine black sea port: ministry

  05 Jan 2016

  A shipment of anthracite coal from South Africa has arrived in Ukraine, easing concerns the countr... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports yet to resume via Cochin in FY16

  04 Jan 2016

  There were no met coke imports via Cochin Port during the month of November 2015. Incidentally, th... . ...Read More

• CIL’s overburden removal rises 26% in Dec y-o-y

  04 Jan 2016

  Total overburden removal (OBR) till the end of December 2015 was at 827.10 mn cubic metres (cum), ... . ...Read More

• No anthracite imports through Cochin Port in Nov

  04 Jan 2016

  There were no anthracite coal imports via Cochin Port during the month of November 2015. Incidenta... . ...Read More

• Slight softness seen in international coal prices

  04 Jan 2016

  A weak trend prevailed in international coal markets on the last day of 2015, ie, on December 31, ... . ...Read More

• Cochin’s Nov aluminium imports down 57% m-o-m

  04 Jan 2016

  Aluminium imports via Cochin Port stood at 451 tons in November 2015, resulting in a month-on-mont... . ...Read More

• Cochin’s November aluminium exports at 205 tons

  04 Jan 2016

  Aluminium exports via Cochin Port stood at 205 tons during November 2015, as per provisional infor... . ...Read More

• Railways’ November coal handling marginally down

  04 Jan 2016

  Indian Railways (IR) transported 46.58 million tons (mt) of coal in November 2015, marginally down... . ...Read More

• GMDC’s lignite production at 0.67 mt in Dec 2015

  04 Jan 2016

  Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has achieved total lignite production of around 0.6... . ...Read More

• CIL’s coal off-take up 9.37% in December y-o-y

  04 Jan 2016

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) achieved a 9.37% growth in coal off-take in December 2015 to 48.16 million to... . ...Read More

• CIL’s December coal production exceeds target

  04 Jan 2016

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) exceeded its December 2015 coal production target as it ended up producing 52... . ...Read More