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• Unsold coal mines from first two auctions to go under the hammer soon

  15 May 2015

  The government plans to soon auction about 11 coal mines which could not be sold in the first two ... . ...Read More

• Coalgate: Essar Group was in Touch With Former Finance Minister Over Coal Block Allocations, NGO Alleges in Court

  15 May 2015

  The Essar Group was allegedly in touch with the then Finance Minister over the issue of Group of M... . ...Read More

• Probe Ranjit Sinha’s meetings with coal scam accused, rules Supreme Court

  15 May 2015

  Holding him lacking in “ethical rectitude”, the Supreme Court Thursday said former CBI... . ...Read More

• Singareni Coal Collieries enjoy over 10,000 million tonne of proven coal reserves

  15 May 2015

  In a setback to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)-led state government, the Centre has turned do... . ...Read More

• Court slaps additional charge on JIPL in coal blocks allocation scam case

  15 May 2015

  A special court today framed a "separate charge" for the alleged offence of cheating aga... . ...Read More

• China’s on track for the biggest reduction in coal use ever recorded

  15 May 2015

  China is cutting down on its coal habit. In the first four months of 2015, the country consumed al... . ...Read More

• Anglo insists new Drayton South mine plan shows coal can co-exist

  15 May 2015

  Global miner Anglo American says its latest plan for the controversial Drayton South coal mine in ... . ...Read More

• We are not facing a coal cliff: Eskom

  15 May 2015

  Charges that Eskom would be facing “a coal cliff” in the coming years were dismissed b... . ...Read More

• Oak Creek power plant gets state OK for changes enabling burning of Wyoming coal

  15 May 2015

  State regulators on Thursday gave We Energies the go-ahead to make changes at its new coal plant i... . ...Read More

• Natural Gas Prices Should Be Competitive With Coal This Summer, FERC Says

  15 May 2015

  With summer futures prices below $3.00/MMBtu in most regions, natural gas is expected to be compet... . ...Read More

• Polish hard coal output down 8% in Q1: ministry

  15 May 2015

  Poland's hard coal mining sector produced 16.465 million mt in the first quarter, down 8.1% ye... . ...Read More

• Weekly US coal production slides for 12th straight week: EIA

  15 May 2015

  Weekly US coal production totaled an estimated 16 million st in the week ended April 9, the lowest... . ...Read More

• NWR Reports Operating Loss in ‘Extremely Difficult’ Coal Market

  15 May 2015

  New World Resources Plc, the largest Czech producer of coking coal, reported an operating loss in ... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy to pay $102 million for coal ash crimes

  15 May 2015

  Duke Energy Corporation pleaded guilty Thursday to environmental crimes over a North Carolina powe... . ...Read More

• Goyal: Coal, power, RE plan $250 bn investment in 5 yrs

  14 May 2015

  Government on Wednesday said investments worth $250 billion are planned over the next five years i... . ...Read More