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• Indian Prime Minister Prods Coal Monopoly

  14 May 2015

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to end decades of crippling electricity shortages and turn this... . ...Read More

• CBI questions Baidyanath promoters over coal block allotment

  14 May 2015

  The promoters of herbal drugmaker Baidyanath Ayurved Bhavan were examined by Central Bureau of Inv... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Will file final probe report soon, CBI tells court

  14 May 2015

  CBI today told a special court here that it would "shortly" file the final report of fur... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: SC to pass verdict on plea for SIT probe against ex-CBI chief Ranjit Sinha

  14 May 2015

  The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on a plea filed by an NGO seeking a ... . ...Read More

• Singareni Collieries inducts two new directors from Coal Ministry

  14 May 2015

  The Government of India has appointed Peeyush Kumar, Director (Technical) Ministry of Coal, and Ja... . ...Read More

• Abbott government budget boost could help controversial Galilee coal projects

  14 May 2015

  Coal projects in the Galilee Basin and on the door step of the Great Barrier Reef could receive go... . ...Read More

• Coal giant calls for price regulation in Newcastle Port

  14 May 2015

  A year after the state government privatised the Port of Newcastle, coal mining giant Glencore has... . ...Read More

• Poland fights for coal, but Russia may benefit

  14 May 2015

  When he was Poland’s prime minister, European Council President Donald Tusk called coal &ldq... . ...Read More

• Most US coal-fired plants retiring this year — study

  14 May 2015

  Over 12,000 megawatts (MW) of U.S. coal-fired generation is slated to retire this year, as utiliti... . ...Read More

• Wescoal: The most undervalued coal company in the world?

  14 May 2015

  A boardroom tussle between a consortium of black economic empowerment (BEE) shareholders and the c... . ...Read More

• US weekly coal carloads hit lowest volumes in 119 weeks: AAR

  14 May 2015

  US railroads originated a year-low volume of coal carloads for the week ended May 9 and the lowest... . ...Read More

• CoAL puts deferred payment agreement to bed

  14 May 2015

  Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) shares went up by as much as 17% on Tuesday after it released a SENS... . ...Read More

• PMO asks Coal Ministry to speed up 3rd round of mines auction

  13 May 2015

  Amid delays, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Coal Ministry to expedite the pro... . ...Read More

• Significant achievements of the Ministry of Coal since the NDA government assumed office

  13 May 2015

  1. Quality and Third Party Sampling - Recent decisions To address the issues of dispute between ... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: SC to hear SLP against HC order on May 15, says CBI

  13 May 2015

  CBI today told a special court that their appeal against the Delhi High Court order quashing charg... . ...Read More