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• Pet coke imports via Kolkata plunge in Feb m-o-m

  18 Mar 2015

  March 18: Pet coke imports via Kolkata Port plunged to 3,653 tons in February 2015 against a hefti... . ...Read More

• Feb PCI imports via Kolkata decrease 37% m-o-m

  18 Mar 2015

  March 18: PCI coal imports through the port of Kolkata dropped 37.01% to 60,916 tons in February 2... . ...Read More

• Kolkata’s Feb anthracite imports dwindle m-o-m

  18 Mar 2015

  March 18: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Kolkata plunged further to 201 tons in Febru... . ...Read More

• Kolkata Port Feb gypsum imports up 70% m-o-m

  18 Mar 2015

  March 18: Import volumes of gypsum via Kolkata Port rose by 69.81% to 990 tons in February 2015 ag... . ...Read More

• Feb pet coke exports from Kolkata drop sharply

  18 Mar 2015

  March 18: Pet coke volumes exported from Kolkata Port in February 2015 dropped to 40 tons against ... . ...Read More

• No met coke exports through Kolkata Port in Feb

  18 Mar 2015

  March 18: There were no met coke volumes exported from Kolkata Port in February 2015 while in Janu... . ...Read More

• FM Arun Jaitley appeals to Opposition to clear reforms

  18 Mar 2015

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley appealed to the Opposition on Tuesday to give up the politics of &qu... . ...Read More

• Jindal Power wants govt to honour coal auction outcome

  18 Mar 2015

  Kept waiting by the government on the allocation of two coal blocks for which Jindal Power emerged... . ...Read More

• Re-auction among options considered for 5 coal mines

  18 Mar 2015

  The government has zeroed in on three options in deciding the fate of five coal blocks which witne... . ...Read More

• Existing power agreements to be revised downward: Coal Secy

  18 Mar 2015

  The government is re-examining bids for eight coal blocks, with Coal Secretary Anil Swarup termi... . ...Read More

• Only 35 of 793 coal blocks remain inviolate after dilution of policy

  18 Mar 2015

  The environment ministry has brought down the number of coal blocks to be kept out of bounds for m... . ...Read More

• India leading the way

  18 Mar 2015

  Around the world, cities are growing, and, here in India, the number of people living in cities is... . ...Read More

• Dutch coal-tax exemption worth Eur4 billion for new plant owners: Delta

  18 Mar 2015

  Impending exemptions from the Dutch coal tax for new, more efficient, coal-fired power plants is w... . ...Read More

• Harnessing coal for Nigeria’s electricity generation

  18 Mar 2015

  THE imperativeness of adequate power supply for any nation’s growth and development cannot b... . ...Read More

• Coal seam gas flares up as burning election issue in NSW north-west

  18 Mar 2015

  They came from everywhere. Indigenous people from Walgett, Moree and as far away as Brisbane, farm... . ...Read More