May 18, 2009: The not-so-bright prospects of iron ore exports through Paradip and Visakhapatnam ports might force East Coast Railway (ECoR) to depend more on coal traffic.

May 16, 2009: State-run Coal India is likely to award the turnkey contracts for its Rs 2,500-crore project to develop seven underground mines with an estimated reserve of 400 million tonnes in six months, a top company official said.

May 14, 2009: The row over the Sasan ultra mega power project refuses to subside.

May 8, 2009: Companies may soon get all necessary government approvals when they are allotted new coal blocks, thus saving them five years of red tape.

April 27, 2009: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Energy is close to acquiring a sub-Saharan African thermal coal mine, which has reserves of more than 200 million tons, to minimise dependence on other overseas companies, said a person with direct knowledge of the development.

April 26, 2009: Public sector NHPC, a hydroelectric power producer, has decided to spread its wings nationally in the thermal power business, a move that will put it into direct competition with larger peer NTPC, the country's biggest power producer.

April 22, 2009: Reliance Power (R-Power), part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has announced financial closure for its Rs 19,400-crore ultra mega power project at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh.

April 22, 2009: The Bombay High Court has issued a notice to Adani Group for mining coal in 1,750 hectares at Lohara village in Chandrapur district closely located to buffer zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.

April 21, 2009: India's state-run power companies are furiously fuelling growth in the transmission sector but find slack generation capacity addition a hurdle, industry officials and analysts said.

April 20, 2009: A spot deal of 90,000 tons for delivery in fourth quarter of 2009 was realized on April 16, 2009 at Australian thermal coal market by loading at Newcastle (Phys NEWC) of globalCOAL at $70 per ton fob.

April 20, 2009: The weekly index price at DES ARA Index of globalCOAL recorded a slip in the week ended on April 17, 2009.

April 20, 2009: The Richards Bay Index price for thermal coal for delivery within July 2009 witnessed a small decline in the week ended on April 17, 2009.

April 20, 2009: Newcastle weekly index price in the week ended on April 17, 2009 for delivery within July 2009 dipped marginally by 0.18 percent over the last week's level.

April 18, 2009: Lanco Infratech Ltd (LITL) has firmed up plans to make up to Rs 15,000 crore capital investments in the power sector during 2009-10.

April 17, 2009: Power generation in the country received a boost, with Bhel-built thermal sets generating over 4 percent more power in fiscal 2008-09, compared to the previous fiscal.

April 17, 2009: Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has extended the date for submission of request for qualification (RFQ) for the 2,640-MW coal-based Gidderbaha thermal power project due to non-allocation of coal linkages for the project.

April 17, 2009: Bhatia Coal India, a subsidiary of the Bhatia International Group, terminated a coal supply contract with traders Vitol and has initiated arbitration proceedings to settle a payment dispute, according to Bhatia officials.

April 16, 2009: Ennore Coke Ltd, a domestic manufacturer of metallurgical coke, is looking to acquire 90 percent in Broughton coal mines of Australia, valued at about $12 million and having estimated reserves of 30 million tons (mt) of coking coal.

April 16, 2009: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Energy will invest Rs 5,000 crore in power projects of 1,200 MW capacity during the current financial year.

April 15, 2009: German semis producer Hüttenwerke Krupp-Mannesmann (HKM) has decided not to go ahead with expansion at its coking plant.