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• GMR Energy may start operations at stranded gas and coal-based power stations

  02 Jun 2015

  Thermal, hydro and solar energy generator GMR Energy expects to begin operations at its stranded g... . ...Read More

• Coal auction winners run into delays

  02 Jun 2015

  Some of the winners of the initial rounds of coal block auctions including GMR, NTPC, Reliance Cem... . ...Read More

• Approached by accused in coal block case: Judge

  02 Jun 2015

  The special CBI court judge hearing a case related to the allocation of a coal block in 2008 said ... . ...Read More

• FOB Indonesian coal Q3 swap advanced 1.73% month over month

  02 Jun 2015

  Indonesian coal swap for delivery Q3 2015 gains month on month and lost week over week, this past ... . ...Read More

• Cape and Panamax segments slide continues

  02 Jun 2015

  The BDI was up about 0.5 pct week on week and closed at 589 points while the cape index was fell 0... . ...Read More

• Australia given more than $4 billion in foreign subsidies for coal projects: report

  02 Jun 2015

  Australia has received more than $4 billion in money from foreign governments to fund coal project... . ...Read More

• American Electric Power stops generation at 10 coal-fired plants

  02 Jun 2015

  American Electric Power confirmed Monday it has stopped generation at 10 coal-fired plants across ... . ...Read More

• Peabody shares drop on Patriot Coal exposure

  02 Jun 2015

  Peabody Energy stock fell 8 percent in the first day of trading since the St. Louis-based coal min... . ...Read More

• Vessel queue at Australia’s Newcastle coal port falls to 39 from 55

  02 Jun 2015

  The vessel queue at the three terminals for coal exports at Australia’s Newcastle port fell ... . ...Read More

• Turkey Apr thermal coal imports drop to six-month low at 2.063 mil mt

  02 Jun 2015

  Turkey’s bituminous thermal coal imports in April dropped to a six-month low of 2.063 millio... . ...Read More

• India douses century-old coal fires as Modi seeks output boost

  01 Jun 2015

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to move more than 100,000 people living near coalfields... . ...Read More

• Why Coal India Shares Are Up Despite Profit Miss in Q4

  01 Jun 2015

  Shares in India's largest coal producer, Coal India jumped as much as 2.7 per cent to an intra... . ...Read More

• Short supply of coal pushes up freight cost at MP power plant

  01 Jun 2015

  Mismanagement and irregularities in railway freight (coal) movement has badly hit thermal power st... . ...Read More

• Essar Oil to ramp up coal gas production in Bengal

  01 Jun 2015

  Indian energy multinational Essar Oil is in the process of ramping up production of coal bed metha... . ...Read More

• Coal mines are property of states: Narendra Singh Tomar

  01 Jun 2015

  Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar today dismissed the Congress' charge that Centre was encro... . ...Read More