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• Key positions in Coal India lying vacant

  23 Jun 2014

  Key board-level positions in coal mining monolith Coal IndiaBSE -0.01 % Ltd (CIL) and its subsidia... . ...Read More

• Ex-minister under Enforcement Directorate lens in coal scam

  23 Jun 2014

  Rashtriya Janata Dal MP and former corporate affairs minister Prem Chand Gupta may soon feel the h... . ...Read More

• A Wave Of Disruption Is About To Hit The Global Coal Industry And Australia Needs To Be Ready

  23 Jun 2014

  It’s almost two years since the Gillard government’s Clean Energy Act was introduced a... . ...Read More

• Green Energy Fans Will Not Be Happy With News About Coal

  23 Jun 2014

  Despite the abundance of natural gas in the U.S. and Europe’s efforts to reduce greenhouse g... . ...Read More

• Can we really do without coal? Kemp

  23 Jun 2014

  Two-thirds of the world's already discovered reserves of oil, coal and natural gas must remain... . ...Read More

• “I’ve never seen it this bad”: coal job losses hurt Hunter Valley businesses

  23 Jun 2014

  The Singleton Chamber of Commerce said mass layoffs in Hunter Valley’s mining sector have le... . ...Read More

• Australian $10 bln coal-port expansion put on ice due to weak demand

  23 Jun 2014

  A proposed $10 billion Australian coal port expansion, one of two port expansions planned near the... . ...Read More

• Coal prices remain subdued in international markets

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A subdued trend prevailed in international coal markets on June 19 in absence of major en... . ...Read More

• India’s power generation up 3.56% in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: India’s power generation in May 2014 stood at 89.66 billion units (BU), up 3.56% fr... . ...Read More

• Transportation issues and heavy rains affect CIL’s production

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: The production of coal at two subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd (CIL) on June 19 got affecte... . ...Read More

• Railways’ coal handling up 1.62% m-o-m in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Indian Railways (IR) transported 43.96 million tons (mt) of coal in May 2014, up 1.62% fr... . ...Read More

• May shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities at 1.382 mt

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Total shortfall in coal receipts by Indian power utilities during May 2014 stood at 1.382... . ...Read More

• 52 power utilities received excess coal in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: A total of 52 power plants out of 121 in the country received coal in excess of their req... . ...Read More

• May anthracite coal imports via Chennai down 11.97 % m-o-m

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: Anthracite coal imports via Chennai Port dropped 11.97% to 507 tons in May, 2014 against ... . ...Read More

• No PCI coal imports via Chennai Port in May

  20 Jun 2014

  June 20: There were no PCI coal imports via Chennai Port for three consecutive months including Ma... . ...Read More