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• Coal and solar power executives clash at Paris climate conference

  22 May 2015

  Tony Hayward, chairman of mining company Glencore, has clashed with wind and solar power executive... . ...Read More

• Utility to Revive Long-Idled Coal Plant In Healy

  22 May 2015

  Golden Valley Electric Association  plans to start up a long-idled Healy area coal fired powe... . ...Read More

• U.S weekly coal production stays flat at 16 MMST

  22 May 2015

  United States the second largest coal producer in the world has produced approximately totaled an ... . ...Read More

• Duke begins removing coal ash from Riverbend

  22 May 2015

  The first loads of coal ash left Duke Energy’s Riverbend power plant west of Charlotte on Th... . ...Read More

• States Urged to Expedite MoU with Successful Coal Bidders

  21 May 2015

  The Coal Ministry has written a letter to various state governments - mainly Chhattisgarh, Jharkha... . ...Read More

• Coal auction Spectrum sale method likely to be followed

  21 May 2015

  The coal ministry is likely to follow the methodology adopted for auctioning of telecom spectrum f... . ...Read More

• India to eclipse China as top coal importer in 2015

  21 May 2015

  The country is expected to overtake China as the world's top coal importer in 2015, faster tha... . ...Read More

• Coal India allowed to expand underground mining at Jhanjra

  21 May 2015

  The environment ministry has given Coal India the go-ahead to expand the Jhanjra underground m... . ...Read More

• South African cargoes hold premium as power shortage bites

  21 May 2015

  South African physical coal cargoes maintained a premium over Australian and European prices as ro... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI files chargesheet against Pushp Steels

  21 May 2015

  The CBI on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in a special court in connection with the alleged irregu... . ...Read More

• Truth behind Peabody campaign to rebrand coal as poverty cure

  21 May 2015

  The story Linda Jing tells in the video is slick and persuasive: she was a girl from a poor villag... . ...Read More

• Coal shipments down 25% so far in quarter: Union Pacific

  21 May 2015

  Union Pacific Corp’s coal shipments are down 25% so far in the second quarter and the railro... . ...Read More

• Coal production surges 11% in first 45 days of 2015-16 amid core sector misery

  20 May 2015

  India's coal production has surged by 11% in the first 45 days of 2015-16, assuming greater si... . ...Read More

• Coal block winners won’t have to seek fresh forest clearances for mining

  20 May 2015

  The companies that were allotted coal blocks recently will not have to seek fresh forest clearance... . ...Read More

• MoEF issues new draft emission norms for coal-based thermal power plants

  20 May 2015

  In a move welcomed by environmentalists, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (M... . ...Read More