April 14, 2009: Aiming to increase its annual drilling capacity to 1 million metres by the end of 2010-11 with an estimated Rs 500 crore, Coal India Ltd (CIL) will outsource a part of its drilling work.

April 14, 2009: The Centre plans to set up two new ultra mega power plants (UMPPs) in Orissa. Those projects are proposed to come up closer to the sea and will have a generating capacity of 4,000-MW each. The state will get 50 percent of the power generated from the two new UMPPs.

April 14, 2009: Coal India Ltd (CIL), the country's largest coal producer, would be participating in the 'Coal Prep' trade show this year, to be held in the US.

April 14, 2009: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Tata Power, challenging the government's decision to allow Reliance Power (RPL) to divert excess coal from captive mines of Sasan power project to its other power projects.

April 13, 2009: The weekly index price at DES ARA Index of globalCOAL recorded a growth in the week ended April 10, 2009.

April 13, 2009: The Richards Bay Index price for thermal coal for delivery within July 2009 witnessed a marginal hike in the week ended on April 10, 2009.

April 13, 2009: The Richards Bay Index price for thermal coal for delivery within July 2009 witnessed a marginal hike in the week ended on April 11, 2009.

April 13, 2009: Newcastle weekly index price in the week ended on April 10, 2009 for delivery within July 2009 dipped by 4.09 percent over the last week's level.

April 8, 2009: Six ARA (DES) deals of ACPRS (Australian, Colombian, Polish, Russian and South African) coal were realized on April 6, 2009, at the physical thermal coal market of globalCOAL.

April 8, 2009: Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd is going forward with its development and production plans in Australia as scheduled. It also intends to expand its production base in India.

April 8, 2009: Coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) increased by nearly 4 percent to 4,848,649 tons during March 2009, as per data released by the Tex Report.

April 8, 2009: Three spot deals were realized on April 6, 2009 at the South African thermal coal market (physical RB) of globalCOAL.

April 8, 2009: Two spot deals of 35,000 tons each for delivery in June 2009 were realized on April 6, 2009 at the Australian thermal coal market by loading at Newcastle (Phys NEWC) of globalCOAL at $64.25 per ton fob.

Aapril 7, 2009: Two spot deals were realized on April 3, 2009 at the South African thermal coal market (Physical RB) of globalCOAL.

Aapril 7, 2009: Four physical ARA (DES) deals (delivered at Amsterdam/Rotterdam) of C (Colombian) coal were realized on April 3, 2009 at the physical thermal coal market of globalCOAL.

April 7, 2009: A spot deal of 180,000 tons for delivery in 2010 was realized on April 3, 2009 at the Australian thermal coal market to be loaded at Newcastle (Phys NEWC) of globalCOAL, at $77 per ton fob.

April 5, 2009: Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), the flagship company of Coal India Ltd (CIL), has posted 9.46 per cent growth in coal production in 2008-09 (FY09), outpacing the 7 per cent growth recorded by its parent company, CIL.

April 4, 2009: Singareni Collieries Co Ltd announced it has outperformed the coal production target by 9.7 per cent, registering production of 44.54 million tonnes (mt) during 2008-09. The colliery had targeted output of 41.50 mt last fiscal.

April 1, 2009: Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world's single largest coal producing company, has recruited a total of 320 management and engineering trainees through campus recruitment during the financial year 2008-09.

April 1, 2009: Areva T&D India, the Rs 2600-crore transmission and distribution division of France-based Areva SA, inaugurated a high-voltage manufacturing site at Padappai, near Chennai, as part of its all India expansion plans.