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• PMO asks Coal Ministry to increase fuel linkages to sectors

  10 Aug 2015

  To ensure availability of fuel to industries, the Prime Minister's Office has asked the Coal M... . ...Read More

• Coal India to spend Rs 10,600 crore on hiking output

  10 Aug 2015

  State-run Coal India, the country's largest producer of the fuel, will spend Rs 10,600 crore t... . ...Read More

• Indian power plant thermal coal stocks inch back toward record highs: CEA

  10 Aug 2015

  Combined stocks of thermal coal at 100 Indian power plants were 30.51 million mt Tuesday, nearing ... . ...Read More

• China July coal imports at 8-month high as domestic supply dips

  10 Aug 2015

  China, the world's largest coal buyer, imported 21.26 million tonnes of coal in July, up 28.1 ... . ...Read More

• Ganqimaodu coal imports reach 3.93 mt by Aug 1

  10 Aug 2015

  Coal imports through Ganqimaodu border crossing in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomou... . ...Read More

• South Korean utility KOMIPO invites bituminous coal bids for Boryeong power plant

  10 Aug 2015

  South Korean state-owned utility Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO) issued an new tender for 560,000 Met... . ...Read More

• Powder River Basin coal prices drop in late trade as six-day run higher ends

  10 Aug 2015

  Powder River Basin coal prices drop in late trade as six-day run higher ends The physical Powder... . ...Read More

• War On Coal Is War On Red States

  10 Aug 2015

  Here’s today’s political quiz question: what do these five states – Rhode Island... . ...Read More

• Oil, natural gas, coal prices continue to decline

  10 Aug 2015

  These days it seems whatever can be burned to power a car, heat a home, make electricity or ship p... . ...Read More

• The Panamax Market has remained weak this week

  10 Aug 2015

  The freight market continued to be buoyant with cape index pushing the BDI. The BDI was up 10.49... . ...Read More

• Govt to invest Rs 762 cr in underground coal mines in FY16

  07 Aug 2015

  Funds to the tune of Rs 762 crore are likely to be invested in the underground coal mines in the o... . ...Read More

• Steps being taken to check theft of coal: Govt in LS

  07 Aug 2015

  Admitting pilferage of coal, government today said a project for introduction of global positionin... . ...Read More

• Government working on incentive-based coal scheme to help revive sick discoms, reduce financial losses

  07 Aug 2015

  The government plans to push power sector reforms through its new coal supply mechanism, by ensuri... . ...Read More

• CIL ramps up coal evacuation, to procure wagons worth Rs 555 crore

  07 Aug 2015

  In a bid to ramp up coal evacuation capacity, state-owned CIL is planning to procure wagons with a... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at Qinhuangdao port drop below 7 mt

  07 Aug 2015

  Coal stocks at Qinhuangdao port, the benchmark for China’s domestic market, have dropped for... . ...Read More