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• 5 tons of steam coal exported from Kolkata Port in June

  11 Jul 2014

  July 11: A small volume of 5 tons of steam coal was exported in June 2014 from Kolkata Port, as pe... . ...Read More

• Budget 2014: CIL to provide Rs 5,200 cr to clean energy fund in 2014-15

  11 Jul 2014

  The government is likely to collect Rs 5,200 crore in 2014-15 from Coal India after doubling the c... . ...Read More

• Budget 2014: Duty imposed on coking coal; steel production cost to rise

  11 Jul 2014

  The government today imposed 2.5 per cent duty on coking coal import, evoking reaction from the in... . ...Read More

• ‘Strict mechanism being put in place to control coal quality’

  11 Jul 2014

  Adequate coal will be provided to power plants as extensive measures to augment domestic output an... . ...Read More

• Union Budget 2014 seeks to reboot India

  11 Jul 2014

  After winning a majority on its own, the BJP has unambiguously initiated a recalibration of the go... . ...Read More

• Budget 2014: India to increase domestic coal production

  11 Jul 2014

  Apart from the major announcements at the Budget 2014 session, Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley also... . ...Read More

• Prices drop on ongoing low summer demand

  11 Jul 2014

  European and Asian coal prices kept sliding on Thursday as healthy stock levels and imports met pe... . ...Read More

• Jonathan Moylan to be sentenced for Whitehaven Coal hoax email

  11 Jul 2014

  An environmental activist whose hoax Australian Stock Exchange email temporarily wiped $314m off t... . ...Read More

• South African coal prices fall further

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: South African coal prices fell further on continued weak demand on July 9, market sources... . ...Read More

• Power, steel output costs set to rise on hike in duty on coal

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: The cost of power generation and production of steel in India is set to increase by aroun... . ...Read More

• Cement industry puts hope on infrastructure growth

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: Indian cement industry expects that government’s push on infrastructure projects wo... . ...Read More

• India’s Union Budget focuses on growth, fiscal prudence

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: Amid concerns over a two-year long economic slowdown, India’s finance minister Arun... . ...Read More

• Adani Ports forms JV with French group for container terminal at Mundra

  10 Jul 2014

  July 10: Adani Ports and SEZ recently signed an agreement to form a 50: 50 joint ventures with Fre... . ...Read More

• Speed up private entry in coal mining, CIL rejig: Economic Survey

  10 Jul 2014

  The government needs to fast track entry of the private sector in commercial coal mining and restr... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry, CIL may oppose PFC-like funding agency

  10 Jul 2014

  Coal minister Piyush Goyal has proposed to set up an agency on the lines of PFC to bring private i... . ...Read More