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• ‘Coal block re-auction may meet legal challenges’

  19 Mar 2015

  March 19: Even as Coal Secretary Anil Swarup recently tweeted that he was “not making any al... . ...Read More

• CIL steam coal washeries’ capacity utilisation at 77%

  19 Mar 2015

  March 19: The capacity utilisation of the existing non-coking coal washeries of Coal India Ltd (CI... . ...Read More

• 144 power plants identified for energy efficiency

  19 Mar 2015

  March 19: The government has identified 144 thermal power plants/stations for improving energy eff... . ...Read More

• MoEFCC green nod to UltraTech limestone project

  19 Mar 2015

  March 19: The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has granted environme... . ...Read More

• Ennore steam coal imports down 11% in Feb m-o-m

  19 Mar 2015

  March 19: Steam coal imports through Ennore Port dropped 11.34% to 833,680 tons in February 2015 a... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Ennore up 28% in Feb

  19 Mar 2015

  March 19: Coking coal imports via Ennore Port stood at 72,200 tons in February 2015 against 56,228... . ...Read More

• Govt may give 9 mines being re-examined to Coal India

  19 Mar 2015

  The government is likely to give nine coal mines to state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) in case the ong... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Court to hear arguments on charges from March 27

  19 Mar 2015

  A special court today fixed March 27 for commencement of arguments on framing of charges in a coal... . ...Read More

• Environmentalists upset with Virginia governor over coal ash bill

  19 Mar 2015

  Environmentalists are criticizing Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe's administration for support... . ...Read More

• Coal Boomtowns Fade as China Declares War on Pollution

  19 Mar 2015

  The streets of this northwestern Chinese city were once packed with Ferraris, BMWs and other luxur... . ...Read More

• Australia urged to shut coal-fired power plants urgently as analysis reveals huge emissions

  19 Mar 2015

  The Australian government has been urged to place US-style regulations on coal-fired power plants ... . ...Read More

• Bob Murray’s Mission to Save the Coal Industry

  19 Mar 2015

  Bob Murray, who rose from Appalachian pauper to commodity king, says he’s on a divine missio... . ...Read More

• China grew its economy last year without any extra coal

  19 Mar 2015

  China’s economy grew by 7.4% in 2014 compared with the year earlier, but the amount of coal ... . ...Read More

• Bozeman Democrat proposes studying coal phase-out

  19 Mar 2015

  Montana senators are considering studying the potential effects of phasing out coal mining in the ... . ...Read More

• Newcastle coal market needs transparency to gain credibility

  19 Mar 2015

  Should there be a debate about the efficiency and transparency of Asian's main thermal coal pr... . ...Read More