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• India’s Mar core sector index down 0.1% y-o-y

  04 May 2015

  May 4: The index of eight core industries, which have a combined weightage of 37.90% in the Index ... . ...Read More

• Water storage at India reservoirs down w-o-w

  04 May 2015

  May 4: The water storage available at 91 important reservoirs in India stood at 48.62 BCM as on Ap... . ...Read More

• Govt transfers green nod of earlier coal blocks to Hindalco, GMR

  04 May 2015

   Hindalco Industries and GMR need not apply for fresh environment clearances (EC) for four bl... . ...Read More

• Truck makers gear up for supplies to coal blocks

  04 May 2015

  Truck makers are lining up new models and expanding production capacity to tap the coal sector aft... . ...Read More

• Coal India registers 10.7% growth in production

  04 May 2015

  State-run Coal India has registered a production growth of 10.7 percent at 41.52 million tonnes in... . ...Read More

• Centre earns over Rs.2 lakh cr from e-auction of coal blocks, exceeds expectations

  04 May 2015

  The Narendra Modi government deserves credit for moving on a war footing to clean up the Coalgate ... . ...Read More

• Car shortage hampers India Coal Trains Running on Time

  04 May 2015

  Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s plans to shift India’s economy toward manufacturing and ... . ...Read More

• Is Australian coal-lobby blocking uranium deal with India?

  04 May 2015

  After India signed a deal with Canada on uranium imports during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's... . ...Read More

• US coal stockpiles at 165.6 million st, up 29.2% from a year ago: Bentek

  04 May 2015

  US coal stockpiles totaled an estimated 165.6 million st for the week ended April 30, up 1.6% from... . ...Read More

• Big Coal’s big scam: scar the land for profit, then let others pay to clean up

  04 May 2015

  Wrapped up in this story is everything that’s wrong with the way our economy works. Corporat... . ...Read More

• Pennsylvania project to remedy coal refuse slurry ponds beside popular trail

  04 May 2015

  The state plans to eliminate an environmental and safety hazard at the former Banning Mine No. 4 i... . ...Read More

• Western US towns hard-hit by climate change unite, target coal for funds

  04 May 2015

  Ten Western mountain towns feeling the effects of climate change are launching a campaign that tar... . ...Read More

• Cascade Coal challenges ICAC report in wake of Cunneen ruling

  04 May 2015

  A mining company that secured a lucrative coal exploration licence over the Obeid family's far... . ...Read More

• Goldman Sachs in Talks to Sell Its Coal Mines

  04 May 2015

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. got a disconcerting update a year after buying its second coal mine in Co... . ...Read More

• Firm trend in S African, Australian steam coal prices

  30 Apr 2015

  April 30: A firm trend prevailed in South African and Australian steam coal prices on April 29 on ... . ...Read More