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• PAC red-flags UMPP bidding, coal diversion for Sasan

  10 Apr 2015

  Coming down heavily on the ministries of power and coal, the public accounts committee (PAC) has p... . ...Read More

• Red Indian coal economy has suffered because of EPA regs, tribes say

  10 Apr 2015

  The coal economy on Indian reservations is being endangered by tougher Environmental Protection Ag... . ...Read More

• Coal ash at The US power plant site greater than first reported

  10 Apr 2015

  Evidence that a Duke Energy power plant site near Hartsville is more contaminated than previously ... . ...Read More

• Fracking is killing coal. So why do so many environmentalists hate it?

  10 Apr 2015

  Few things have inspired angst among green groups and climate advocates like the question of how t... . ...Read More

• Delays decrease again for US railroad coal shipments: STB filings

  10 Apr 2015

  Coal carload delays on the four major US railroads mostly declined for the second straight week, d... . ...Read More

• Lower coking coal contract price shows downward pressure

  10 Apr 2015

  Coking coal prices are yet to show signs of bottoming with bearish signals from both contract talk... . ...Read More

• Grim and grimmer: Analysts deliver double blow to coal

  10 Apr 2015

  The outlook for coal just gets grimmer with new research out by Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg New ... . ...Read More

• Decline in coal brings net growth in jobs

  10 Apr 2015

  Much has been written about whether the global coal boom is over, and even American coal CEOs are ... . ...Read More

• Sentiment stays unchanged in global coal markets

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: Sentiments overall remained unchanged in international coal markets on April 8 even as In... . ...Read More

• CIL places 750,000t imported coal order with MMTC

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which had imported 5,00,000 tons of coal for supply to power plants... . ...Read More

• Feb coal stocks at CEA-monitored plants up 23.6%

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: The stocks of coal lying with a total 126 power plants in the country that are monitored ... . ...Read More

• CRISIL sees drop in India Inc Q4 topline growth

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: CRISIL Research, an independent and integrated research house, expects India Inc’s ... . ...Read More

• New norms for cos’ name change in coal linkages

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) informed that the project for which long-term linkage/LoA was ... . ...Read More

• MMTC tender to procure hard coking coal for NINL

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: MMTC has floated a tender for 10,500 tons +/- 10% imported hard coking coal from interest... . ...Read More

• Logistics may hit coal imports despite demand

  09 Apr 2015

  April 9: Logistics problems are likely to have a negative impact on India’s coal imports in ... . ...Read More