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• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister inaugurates NTPC-ITI at Korba

  23 Apr 2015

  April 23: The NTPC Ltd funded newly-built Industrial Training Institute at Korba in Chhattisgarh w... . ...Read More

• Railways’ coal handling up 7% in 2014-15

  23 Apr 2015

  April 23: Indian Railways transported 545 million tons (mt) of coal during 2014-15, up 7.38% from ... . ...Read More

• CIL plans to align prices of high-grade coal to international rates

  23 Apr 2015

   Coal IndiaBSE 1.53 % plans to switch to market pricing for highcalorie coal where prices wou... . ...Read More

• Studying bids for mines in 3rd phase of coal auction: Jindal Steel and Power

  23 Apr 2015

  Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) today said it is studying on the bidding of coal blocks for the next... . ...Read More

• Tight deadlines set for winners of coal producing blocks

  23 Apr 2015

  Winners of producing coal blocks will have one month to apply for statutory permissions for transf... . ...Read More

• Opaque and dubious auctions: Difficult to locate the fair price for coal in a non-transparent system

  23 Apr 2015

  The government claims the coal block auctions were meant to ensure two things: One, get the fair v... . ...Read More

• Developing coal blocks: NTPC may revise its invitation to contactors

  23 Apr 2015

  State-owned NTPCBSE 0.62 % may revise its invitation to contactor to develop its two coal blocks b... . ...Read More

• Govt policy soon on power plants swapping coal supplies

  23 Apr 2015

  Aiming to clear bottlenecks in the domestic coal supply, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal toda... . ...Read More

• CCI looking into allocation of three coal blocks

  23 Apr 2015

  The Competition Commission of India is looking into the possible cartelisation in the bidding for ... . ...Read More

• Power cuts in offing, but cheap coal, gas-pooling to cushion drought effect

  23 Apr 2015

  A deficient monsoon, coupled with peak summer demand, typically means power outages. And if past e... . ...Read More

• Chinese experts place faith in coal for power woes in Pakistan

  23 Apr 2015

  Analysing the on-going energy shortage as the core reason behind the stagnant growth, Chinese powe... . ...Read More

• Ukraine coal miners rally for protest mine closings, cuts to subsidies

  23 Apr 2015

  Hundreds of coal miners from all over Ukraine make it to Kyiv on April 22 to rally near the Cabine... . ...Read More

• 10,000 Protest New Coal Plant In China

  23 Apr 2015

  In northeastern Guangdong, about 10,000 residents of Heyuan (population 2.9 million) protested the... . ...Read More

• Death toll increased to 19 in coal mine accident in China

  23 Apr 2015

  At least 19 miners have died and two are still missing in a cold mine accident this week in north ... . ...Read More

• Top Exporter of U.S. Coal Seeks Refuge in Natural Gas Boom

  23 Apr 2015

  Xcoal Energy & Resources LLC, the largest exporter of U.S. coal, is betting on natural gas as ... . ...Read More