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• CIL March-May coal despatches to power units at over 80%

  15 Jul 2014

  July 15: Coal despatches to power utilities by Coal India Limited (CIL) sources stood at 84%, 82% ... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Mumbai Port treble in June m-o-m

  15 Jul 2014

  July 15: Handling of coal at Mumbai Port stood at 515,000 tons during the month of June 2014, up a... . ...Read More

• India’s imported coal stocks at 8 ports edge down w-o-w

  15 Jul 2014

  July 15: India's imported coal stocks at eight ports – seven major and one private &ndas... . ...Read More

• MoC sets up task force to review rationalisation of coal linkages

  15 Jul 2014

  July 15: The Ministry of Coal (MoC), on June 13, 2014 constituted a new Inter-Ministerial Task For... . ...Read More

• CIL, govt adopt measures to increase coal production

  15 Jul 2014

  July 15: Coal India Limited (CIL), the largest coal miner in the world, has undertaken several mea... . ...Read More

• India may ask state-run miner to import coal

  15 Jul 2014

  India's government is considering asking state-run Coal India Ltd (NSE:COALINDIA) to import co... . ...Read More

• Coal India resumes work in mines shut by protesters

  15 Jul 2014

  Mahanadi Coalfields, a unit of Coal India Ltd, said on Monday it resumed operations at three of it... . ...Read More

• NTPC expansion drive gets leg-up from 34 coal-based projects

  15 Jul 2014

  As many as 34 companies have offered to sell their coal-based projects to NTPC, the country's ... . ...Read More

• Commercial coal mining by pvt cos:Govt to consult stakeholders

  15 Jul 2014

  The government today said it will consult all stakeholders before taking up a Bill in Parliament o... . ...Read More

• Power crisis: PSPCL blames coal shortage for lesser output

  15 Jul 2014

  Faced with "mounting" criticism over load shedding, Punjab power utility PSPCL has blame... . ...Read More

• Coal India stock back to reality with a thud

  15 Jul 2014

  Good things take time to happen. Probably that’s what investors of Coal India Ltd have reali... . ...Read More

• Westwego officials up in arms over coal trains plan

  15 Jul 2014

  Westwego's elected officials Monday night continued sounding their alarm over a company's ... . ...Read More

• Slow growth spoiling China’s appetite for coal

  15 Jul 2014

  China’s slowdown has hit coal miners the hardest with the country, the top consumer of the f... . ...Read More

• Whitehaven sees small upturn in coking coal price in late 2014

  15 Jul 2014

  Australia's Whitehaven Coal Ltd expects a slight improvement in metallurgical coal prices in l... . ...Read More

• Coal prices soften further in international markets

  14 Jul 2014

  July 14: Low demand from Chinese companies, coupled with a cut in domestic prices of coal by some ... . ...Read More