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• Market pricing of gas and coal denationalisation are essential steps for India’s energy security

  26 Jun 2014

  The Union cabinet will further review gas prices and no immediate change is in the offing. While a... . ...Read More

• Solution of coal issue to be first test: HSBC

  26 Jun 2014

  Fixing the coal problem will be the first real test of the Narendra Modi government, according to ... . ...Read More

• Coal India Unit May Auction Stockpiles Not Lifted by NTPC

  26 Jun 2014

  Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India that supplies fuel to NTPC's power p... . ...Read More

• Will try to provide coal to make power plants operate at 80-90% capacity: Piyush Goyal

  26 Jun 2014

  Piyush Goyal, minister for power, coal and renewable energy, says systemic changes will help solve... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry seeks details of struck CIL project

  26 Jun 2014

  At a time state-run coal major is drawing flak from all quarters for coal shortage across the coun... . ...Read More

• Coal India outlook gets rosier

  26 Jun 2014

    The central government’s task of selling 14.65 per cent stake in Coal India (CIL) t... . ...Read More

• India Inc lauds proposal to expedite green nod for CIL’s expansion plans

  26 Jun 2014

  The industry has welcomed the government's proposal to expedite environmental clearances for s... . ...Read More

• Top Steelmakers Profit Boosted by Cheaper Coal: Corporate India

  26 Jun 2014

  India’s steelmakers are set for a rebound. Falling fuel costs just as a new government promi... . ...Read More

• Indian state companies seek coal assets in Mozambique

  26 Jun 2014

  A mission from International Coal Ventures Private Limited (ICVL) of India is in Mozambique to ass... . ...Read More

• Japan utilities likely to settle 2015-16 coal contract at 6-year low of $77/mt FOB

  26 Jun 2014

  Japanese power utilities are expected to settle the 2015-16 (April-March) contract price for Austr... . ...Read More

• Largest Philippine Coal Miner Plans $400 Million Plant Boost

  26 Jun 2014

  Semirara Mining Corp. (SCC), the Philippines’ largest coal producer, plans to spend $400 mil... . ...Read More

• Cliffs preparing to idle West Virginia coal mine

  26 Jun 2014

  Miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc plans to temporarily idle its Pinnacle metallurgical coal mine ... . ...Read More

• Colombia Cerrejon coal stocks near-depleted by port protest

  26 Jun 2014

  Joint venture Cerrejon, Colombia's biggest coal miner, says it could run out of stocks at its ... . ...Read More

• The strange case of how coal miner Clive turned climate crusader

  26 Jun 2014

  It was a very strange dinner in the member’s dining room of parliament house. Former US vice... . ...Read More

• Will a new EPA plan push power plants to fire coal companies?

  26 Jun 2014

  On June 2, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Clean Power Plan , which would c... . ...Read More