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• The coal curse

  05 May 2015

  Resource crunch Responsible for producing 70 per cent of the total electricity in the country, coa... . ...Read More

• Accord signed for first Thar coal-based plant

  05 May 2015

  The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB), the National Transmission and Despatch Company ... . ...Read More

• Underground Coal Gasification future proposed for Longannet plant

  05 May 2015

  A way to save Longannet’s future has been mapped out by oil and gas industry veteran Algy Cl... . ...Read More

• Surrey coal terminal to load to ships instead of barges

  05 May 2015

  Falling coal prices have spurred Fraser Surrey Docks to amend its proposal for a coal export termi... . ...Read More

• Bumpy goings for local coal miners

  05 May 2015

  Publicly listed coal miners continue to see incomes shrink amid a decline in the global demand for... . ...Read More

• B.C. pulls end-run on Anthracite coal project

  05 May 2015

  The aftershocks of last year’s landmark Supreme Court of Canada Tsilhqo’tin decision a... . ...Read More

• End of carbon tax drives brown coal use increase

  05 May 2015

  MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: New data shows brown coal use in electricity production has surged to its high... . ...Read More

• Scientists: EPA’s curbs on coal-burning will save thousands of lives

  05 May 2015

  The Obama administration’s proposed curbs on coal-burning power plants could prevent thousan... . ...Read More

• Norway Oil Fund Sheds More Coal Assets

  05 May 2015

  Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund, the world’s biggest, informed parliament on Monday it ... . ...Read More

• Mixed trend seen in international coal prices

  04 May 2015

  May 4: A mixed trend prevailed in international coal markets on May 1 as prices of Australian stea... . ...Read More

• CIL’s April production up 10.69% y-o-y in April

  04 May 2015

  May 4: Coal India Limited (CIL), on May 2, said its April 2015 output registered a sharp increase ... . ...Read More

• Coal India’s April off-take up 7.42% y-o-y

  04 May 2015

  May 4: Coal India Limited (CIL), on May 2, said its off-take during April 2015 increased compared ... . ...Read More

• NTPC, Jharkhand pact for Patratu expansion

  04 May 2015

  May 4: State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited, on May 4, signed a memorandu... . ...Read More

• APSEZ consolidated net increases 33% in FY15

  04 May 2015

  May 4: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), part of the Adani Group, reported a ... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 9 ports dip w-o-w

  04 May 2015

  May 4: India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports – eight major and one private &ndash... . ...Read More