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• Mixed trends seen in international coal markets

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: A mixed trend prevailed in international coal markets on April 16 where prices of Austra... . ...Read More

• Linkage/LoA auctions methodology likely soon

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) set up for the proposed auction of coal linkages a... . ...Read More

• Doubts over generation capacity addition in FY15

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: At a time when demand for electricity is not growing in a way it was projected to, quest... . ...Read More

• NTPC FY16 coal import target hiked 33% to 22 mt

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: The coal import target for NTPC Limited’s power plants for the year 2015-16 has be... . ...Read More

• Indian power units’ FY16 coal import target up 22%

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: The Indian power utilities, both imported coal-based and indigenous coal-based, have bee... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at power plants cross 28.50-mt levels

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: Coal stocks at power plants monitored by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) rose to... . ...Read More

• India’s 2015-16 power generation target at 1,136 BU

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: India’s power generation target for the year 2015-16 has been set at 1,136 billion... . ...Read More

• Panipat linkage transfer to new unit gets MoC nod

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has approved transfer of the existing coal linkage of the Pan... . ...Read More

• India to host International Coal Preparation Congress

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: After a gap of three decades India will host the International Coal Preparation Congress... . ...Read More

• Coal consumers must set up own washeries: Saxena

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: Even as Coal India is taking initiatives to come up with a number of coal washeries, coa... . ...Read More

• Essar Steel’s Vizag captive power plant restored

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: : Essar Steel restored the captive power plant inside its pellet plant in Visakhapatnam,... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mundra sharply up in March

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: Non-coking coal imports through Mundra Port increased sharply to 2,157,546 tons in March... . ...Read More

• Sharp fall in coking coal imports via Mundra in March

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: Coking coal imports through the port of Mundra fell sharply to 25,000 tons in March 2015... . ...Read More

• No pet coke imports through Mundra Port in March

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: There was no pet coke imports recorded for the month of March through Mundra Port, as pe... . ...Read More

• Sharp hike in gypsum imports via Mundra in Mar m-o-m

  17 Apr 2015

  April 17: Imports of gypsum via Mundra Port stood at 55,362 tons during the month of March 2015, a... . ...Read More