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• Importing coal unjustified as country has huge reserves: Piyush Goyal

  23 Mar 2015

  Union Minister Piyush Goyal said importing coal is “unjustified” at a time when the co... . ...Read More

• Regional parties to face workers ire over Coal Bill: Worker Union

  23 Mar 2015

  A workers' union on Saturday said regional parties in coal producing states will have to "... . ...Read More

• Coal mine auction: JSPL may challenge bid rejection in court

  23 Mar 2015

  Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) is not ruling out a legal challenge to the National Democratic Alliance (ND... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry may give CIL, states 4 cancelled blocks

  23 Mar 2015

  The coal ministry is considering the option of either allotting the four coal blocks — the w... . ...Read More

• Government to award all 204 coal blocks by March 2016, says Coal Secretary Anil Swarup

  23 Mar 2015

  The Ministry of Coal is bracing for an action-packed year, with plans to open up the sector first ... . ...Read More

• Panel for extending short-term coal linkages again

  23 Mar 2015

  Short-term coal linkages to end-use plants in sectors such as power, whose coal blocks were cancel... . ...Read More

• Coal and Mining Bills: How Arun Jaitley & company turned the tables in Rajya Sabha

  23 Mar 2015

  Coal and power minister Piyush Goyal wrote a long Facebook post over the weekend, thanking the ind... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: ED to attach ex-MoS’s property

  23 Mar 2015

  The Enforcement Directorate is set to attach a few properties of former minister of state for coal... . ...Read More

• Coal, mines bills: Good step, but a lot left to do

  23 Mar 2015

  It was a victory for the Narendra Modi government to have got both the coal and the mines and mine... . ...Read More

• Multiple taxation byAssam on Nagaland coal trucks

  23 Mar 2015

  Kohima: Five coal-laden trucks from Mon district side have been detained  for past three days... . ...Read More

• Canberra powerless to break coal seam gas stalemate

  23 Mar 2015

  The federal government is almost powerless to break the state stalemate over onshore gas developme... . ...Read More

• Great Barrier Reef campaign: scientists call for scrapping of coal projects

  23 Mar 2015

  Australia’s leading coral reef scientists have called for huge coalmining and port developme... . ...Read More

• Southwest Virginia coal production continues decline

  23 Mar 2015

  Coal has seen its share of booms and busts throughout the past century, but some say the current d... . ...Read More

• Coal train derails near Hudson, no injuries

  23 Mar 2015

  A train jumped its tracks early Sunday, dumping tons of coal from more than two dozen cars near th... . ...Read More

• Drop in Chinese rates weakens global coal prices

  20 Mar 2015

  March 20: A weak trend prevailed in international coal markets on March 19, following a steep fall... . ...Read More