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• Feb gypsum imports via Mundra up 53% m-o-m

  31 Mar 2015

  March 31: Imports of gypsum via Mundra Port stood at 762 tons during the month of February 2015, a... . ...Read More

• Limestone imports via Mundra down 9% in Feb

  31 Mar 2015

  March 31: Limestone imports through the port of Mundra stood at 3,680 tons in February 2015, down ... . ...Read More

• Govt expects Coal India to surpass 1-billion output target by 2020

  31 Mar 2015

  With the production of thermal coal picking up, the government expects public sector behemoth Coal... . ...Read More

• Rail freight on grains, coal, cement to increase from April 1

  31 Mar 2015

  Aiming to mop up an additional Rs 4,000 crore in goods earning, the Railways will increase its fre... . ...Read More

• ICVL seeks user cos to lift Mozambique thermal coal

  31 Mar 2015

  International Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) has received expressions of interest from four companies fo... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI awaits nod on sanction to try two officials

  31 Mar 2015

   CBI today informed a special court that it was awaiting the response of competent authority ... . ...Read More

• Jindal coal bid case: Govt report found no proof of cartelisation

  31 Mar 2015

  Even as the Naveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has approached the Delhi high... . ...Read More

• Procedural formalities to halt output at 16 captive coal blocks

  31 Mar 2015

  Production at captive coal blocks whose ownership has changed after the recent auctions will come ... . ...Read More

• Aggressive bidding for coal mines detrimental to returns: ICRA

  31 Mar 2015

  Rating agency ICRA feels, aggressive biddings for coal mines may lead to “significant under-... . ...Read More

• ED attaches property worth Rs 2 crore of former UPA coal minister Dasari Rao

  31 Mar 2015

  The Enforcement Directorate on Monday attached property worth Rs 2 crore belonging to former union... . ...Read More

• Mining companies and lobbyists are waging the real war on coal

  31 Mar 2015

  It is indisputably better to be a coal miner today, in 2015, than in 1969—the year in which ... . ...Read More

• High Plains coal-bed methane reservoir deal headed to vote

  31 Mar 2015

  An agreement between Wyoming environmental regulators, a gas developer and a bond surety company w... . ...Read More

• Around the world, coal industry spirals downward

  31 Mar 2015

  Cheap energy matters most to poor people, and the coal industry’s hopes have rested on emerg... . ...Read More

• Worsley mulls coal import fix

  31 Mar 2015

  One of the world's biggest coal miners, BHP Billiton, is considering importing the fossil fuel... . ...Read More

• Coal deliveries to US utilities in January up year over year: EIA

  31 Mar 2015

  Coal delivered to US utilities for power generation increased in January year over year, according... . ...Read More