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• 27 coal-laden trucks seized, 50 persons held

  25 Mar 2015

  East Khasi Hills police seized as many as 27 trucks and arrested 50 persons for illegally carrying... . ...Read More

• Fixed cost recovery can be a mirage for power sector coal block winners

  25 Mar 2015

  Aggressive bids by power generation firms for coal blocks have got investors worried. Rating agenc... . ...Read More

• Essar Power to start mining from Tokisud coal block in Jharkhand

  25 Mar 2015

  Essar Power will commence mining at its Jharkhand coal block in next few months to help the compan... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI furnishes preliminary enquiry files in court

  25 Mar 2015

  CBI today placed before a special court all relevant files pertaining to its preliminary enquiry i... . ...Read More

• HC seeks govt response on Sarda plea on removal of coal stock

  25 Mar 2015

  Delhi High Court today asked the government to inform it in two days the steps it can take with re... . ...Read More

• ​China to shut down last Beijing coal power plant in 2016

  25 Mar 2015

  The Chinese authorities plan to shut the last coal-fired power plant in Beijing and replace it wit... . ...Read More

• Australian coal prices fall to pre-2008 crisis levels

  25 Mar 2015

  Australian physical coal prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the global financial c... . ...Read More

• Murray Energy Said to Pay for Coal Slump in Buyout Financing

  25 Mar 2015

  Murray Energy Corp. is paying the price for the coal industry’s worst slump in decades as it... . ...Read More

• Army Corps of Engineers to reassess coal mining impact on Black Warrior streams

  25 Mar 2015

  A federal appeals court this week gave the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers one year to go back and re... . ...Read More

• Ankney proposes fees for companies that close coal plants

  25 Mar 2015

  A Republican senator has proposed fees be levied against companies that shut down coal-fired power... . ...Read More

• Coal scam much bigger than thought: PM Modi

  24 Mar 2015

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the coal blocks allocation scam during the tenure... . ...Read More

• The Hindalco contradiction

  24 Mar 2015

  Forget the legal quibble over the summons to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Talabira ... . ...Read More

• Old coal mine owners to receive Rs 280-crore compensation

  24 Mar 2015

  The coal ministry has accepted Rs 282 crore out of Rs 1,757 crore claims for compensation by the p... . ...Read More

• JSPL Gains as Delhi High Court Gives Partial Relief

  24 Mar 2015

  Shares in Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) gained as much as 4 per cent in the morning trade to Rs ... . ...Read More

• Coal mine, telecom spectrum auctions may boost bank credit growth

  24 Mar 2015

  The windfall the government is reaping from the auction of telecom airwaves and coal mines will no... . ...Read More