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• Odisha Seeks Two Coal Blocks for Its Power Plant

  07 May 2015

  The Odisha government has urged the Centre to allot two more coal blocks to Odisha Power Thermal P... . ...Read More

• Advocate ML Sharma files petition in Supreme Court seeking cancellation of coal blocks sale to private power firms

  07 May 2015

  Advocate M L Sharma has filed a petition in Supreme Court seeking quashing of auction of coal bloc... . ...Read More

• Clock ticks on Bengal coal mines

  07 May 2015

  Subsidence, pit fire and rampant coal loot from stockyard — everything have been happening i... . ...Read More

• Coal India Unit Halts Operations at Key Coalfields

  07 May 2015

  Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a unit of the state-run Coal India Ltd, on Wednesday halted operati... . ...Read More

• Thermal coal-South African blackouts and soaring Indian imports lift prices

  07 May 2015

  Power blackouts in South Africa and soaring Indian imports in anticipation of an El Nino climatic ... . ...Read More

• Are Japan and the World Bank Supporting a Coal Plant With Human Rights Violations In Indonesia?

  07 May 2015

  Until last week, farmers near the proposed 2,000 megawatt Batang coal fired-power plant in Central... . ...Read More

• The Path From Coal to Renewable Energy Can Be Difficult

  07 May 2015

  For the past decade, the Navajo reservation here has struggled to navigate the change from coal to... . ...Read More

• Dynegy Loss Widens as Coal, Gas Segments Weigh on Results

  07 May 2015

  Dynegy Inc. ’s loss widened in the first quarter, as lower prices and margins in the coal an... . ...Read More

• ICE coal futures slip 28% month on month in April to 138.3 mil mt

  07 May 2015

  The volume of coal traded and cleared on the ICE Futures platform during April totaled 138.3 milli... . ...Read More

• Hampton Roads April coal exports down 37.2% from year ago

  07 May 2015

  Coal exports from terminals in Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled 2.5 million st in April... . ...Read More

• Indonesia coal prices soften, others edge up

  06 May 2015

  May 6: A slight firmness was witnessed in South African and Australian steam coal prices, but Indo... . ...Read More

• Fair demand for SCCL offer in April e-auction

  06 May 2015

  May 6:  There was moderate demand for offerings from Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) ... . ...Read More

• CIL offering on coaljunction down 55% in Apr

  06 May 2015

  May 6: The total offering of coal by CIL subsidiaries through spot e-auction during the month of A... . ...Read More

• Strong demand for coking coal in Apr e-auction

  06 May 2015

  May 6: Washery grade coking coal (W3, W4) offered by two CIL subsidiaries – BCCL and CCL &nd... . ...Read More

• Few takers for coal, coke fines in Apr e-auction

  06 May 2015

  May 6: There was very poor demand for coal and coke fines in the e-auction in April 2015 as out of... . ...Read More