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• Coal Companies Get Reprieve on Pension Costs

  23 Apr 2015

  Crushing liabilities and collapsing coal prices have prompted the administrators of an ailing pens... . ...Read More

• Australian steam coal prices spurt on severe storm, Indonesian soften

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: The spot price of low grades of Indonesian coal softened further on April 21, but Austra... . ...Read More

• MRPL may stop production of pet coke: NMPT

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) might stop production of pet coke d... . ...Read More

• CCI to look into cartelisation of cancelled coal blocks

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has taken up suo moto for looking into the pos... . ...Read More

• Power Grid Corp to invest Rs 5547.90 crore on various projects

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Power Grid Corp Ltd plans to invest Rs 5547.90 crore on various projects, including thos... . ...Read More

• Allocation of mines to states by June: Swarup

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) will allocate coal blocks to the state entities for commercia... . ...Read More

• NTPC says no to CIL proposal of setting up own washeries

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Even as Coal India Ltd (CIL) urges the end users of coal to set up their own washeries t... . ...Read More

• NTPC needs 100 mt additional coal for upcoming projects

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: NTPC Ltd, India’s largest power utility, needs an additional 90-100 million tons (... . ...Read More

• MoC seeks report on coal beneficiation

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Peeved at the slow progress in coal beneficiation projects, the coal ministry has urged ... . ...Read More

• NLC starts commercial ops at 2nd unit of Neyveli TPS

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd started commercial operations of unit II at Neyveli ther... . ...Read More

• HZL FY15 net profit up 18%

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Vedanta Group-owned zinc, lead, silver and cadmium miner Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) on... . ...Read More

• Sesa Sterlite Limited renamed Vedanta Limited

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: Sesa Sterlite Limited on April 22 announced that it has changed the name of the Company ... . ...Read More

• Mumbai Port to permit vessels of 11.7 mtrs draft during monsoon

  22 Apr 2015

  April 22: The Mumbai Port Trust will permit vessels of 11.7 mtrs draft during the coming monsoon s... . ...Read More

• Adani Group in talks with Korea, China banks for Australia project

  22 Apr 2015

  The Adani Group is in advanced talks with the Exim Bank of Korea and some Chinese banks to raise o... . ...Read More

• Imported coal cheaper than CIL produce

  22 Apr 2015

  Imported coal with high energy content is turning out to be cheaper at a large number of thermal p... . ...Read More