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• Foes poised to declare victory in ‘war on coal’ as investors, utilities flee energy source

  08 Jun 2015

  The war has been waged on several fronts for nearly a decade, and the aggressors are poised to dec... . ...Read More

• Govt to conduct 3rd round of coal auction in August

  05 Jun 2015

  After successfully concluding the first two rounds of coal block auctions earlier this year that n... . ...Read More

• TRS Urges Centre to Allocate Coal for New Power Projects

  05 Jun 2015

  Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has urged Union power and coal minister Piyush Goyal to allocat... . ...Read More

• CBI witnesses depose in JIPL coal-scam case

  05 Jun 2015

  Two prosecution witnesses in a coal scam case allegedly involving Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) o... . ...Read More

• Coal India production improves, but second half of the year is crucial

  05 Jun 2015

  At Coal India Ltd (CIL), the thrust is on improving production. The government’s efforts in ... . ...Read More

• Coal India among 40 biggest mining firms with lowest returns: PwC

  05 Jun 2015

  Investment returns from the world’s 40 biggest mining companies declined to the lowest since... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production estimates fall to five-year low: EIA

  05 Jun 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 15.1 million st in the week ended May 30, the lowes... . ...Read More

• Brown coal leads 5.2 million tonne jump in power sector emissions: Pitt & Sherry

  05 Jun 2015

  Carbon emissions from Australia's main electricity network have jumped by an annual rate of 5.... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy Implodes Coal Units at Retired Power Plant

  05 Jun 2015

  Duke Energy has imploded two coal units at the Cape Fear power plant, marking the end of major dem... . ...Read More

• Coal giant Peabody faces federal scrutiny over clean-up insurance

  05 Jun 2015

  Coal giant Peabody Energy has been among the harshest critics of federal energy policies, joining ... . ...Read More

• The Obama Administration’s Self-Sabotaging Coal Leases

  05 Jun 2015

  The Powder River Basin, which stretches over twenty-six thousand square miles of southeastern Mont... . ...Read More

• Why coal and gas producers have gone to war over climate change

  05 Jun 2015

  A day before delegates arrived at the World Gas Conference in Paris on Tuesday the chief executive... . ...Read More

• Cheap Natural Gas Is Affecting Coal Demand More Than The War On Coal

  05 Jun 2015

  Summary     The War On Coal garners the headlines, but cheap natural gas is affec... . ...Read More

• Tariff-based bidding likely for future coal linkages

  04 Jun 2015

  The government is looking at auctioning coal linkages — supply quota from mines — for ... . ...Read More

• Coalmin to R-power: Restrict coal output to 16 MT annually only for Sasan

  04 Jun 2015

  The coal ministry on Wednesday asked Reliance Power to restrict the output from two coal blocks li... . ...Read More