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• 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

• ECL tops production, offtake among Coal India subsidiaries

  17 Apr 2015

  Eastern Coalfields has topped among the eight subsidiaries of Coal India in terms of production an... . ...Read More

• Coal case: Court to consider report against VMPL on May 1

  17 Apr 2015

  A special court here on Thursday fixed May 1 as the date to consider the final report in a coal bl... . ...Read More

• Solar power plants to come up at coal-based project sites

  17 Apr 2015

  With some of the state power generation utility's proposed coal-based projects not likely to b... . ...Read More

• CIL moves to rationalise coal linkage for southern gencos

  17 Apr 2015

  State-run miner Coal India Ltd has initiated a process to rationalise coal linkages for various po... . ...Read More

• India’s Thermal Coal Imports Will Soon Top 200 Million Metric Tons

  17 Apr 2015

  India’s dependence on thermal coke from abroad is beginning to raise concern in internationa... . ...Read More

• South Africa, India buck renewables slowdown, in shift away from coal

  17 Apr 2015

  Renewable energy investment has made a slow start to 2015, with the latest figures from Bloomberg ... . ...Read More

• Australia Pushes For Free Trade With India After China Demand Falls

  17 Apr 2015

  Slowing growth in top trade partner China and plunging prices for iron ore and coal are adding imp... . ...Read More

• China top coal firm targets 50-60 mln tonnes output cuts in 2015

  17 Apr 2015

  China's biggest coal producer, the state-owned Shenhua Group, will cut production by 50 to 60 ... . ...Read More