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• Coal stock at power plants fall in May despite normal supplies

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: The stock of coal with 121 power plants fell sharply to 17.07 million tons (mt) as on May... . ...Read More

• Jaiprakash Group delays procurement of imported coal cargo

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Jaiprakash Group is studying the market before concluding deals to procure one to three c... . ...Read More

• India needs cost effective and readily available solar energy applications: Minister

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: India needs cost effective and readily available solar energy applications and for this s... . ...Read More

• No progress yet on Essar Power’s shift to coal-fired plant

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Essar Power Limited, which had announced in August 2013 that it will convert two of its g... . ...Read More

• No coking coal import via Chennai in March

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: There were no coking coal imports through Chennai Port in March, 2014 as per provisional ... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Chennai up sharply m-o-m in May

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Steam coal imports through Chennai Port increased sharply to 475 tons in May, 2014 agains... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Chennai up 13.86% m-o-m in May

  19 Jun 2014

  June 19: Petroleum coke imports through Chennai Port increased 13.86% to 115 tons in May 2014 agai... . ...Read More

• Building a Better India : Boosting coal production

  19 Jun 2014

  Over the past five years, Coal India's profit jumped 735% to Rs17,356 crore by just raising co... . ...Read More

• Coal Minister to meet CIL officials on June 19

  19 Jun 2014

  The Union Minister for Coal and Power, Piyush Goyal, called a meeting of top Coal India officials ... . ...Read More

• NTPC, JKSPDCL may form JV for Odisha coal block by June-end

  19 Jun 2014

  NTPC and Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corp Ltd (JKSPDCL), which have been jointly a... . ...Read More

• Expedite Jharia Rehab plan to preserve coking coal: SteelMin

  19 Jun 2014

  The Steel Ministry has pitched for expediting the rehabilitation plan for coking coal rich Jharia ... . ...Read More

• National Green Tribunal wants Meghalaya government to come up with coal mining plan

  19 Jun 2014

  The National Green Tribunal (NGT) which has imposed blanket ban on coal mining in Meghalaya has as... . ...Read More

• BJP Jharkhand leader Raghuvar Das writes to Narendra Modi on illegal coal mining

  19 Jun 2014

  Senior BJP leader Raghuvar Das on Wednesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention... . ...Read More

• Finance Ministry looks to divest stakes in 7 PSUs including Coal India, Sail, MMTC

  19 Jun 2014

  The finance ministry is working on a road map to divest stake in seven big state-run companies, wh... . ...Read More

• Why Coal Miners Like the PRB and You Should, Too

  19 Jun 2014

  Cloud Peak Energy (NYSE: CLD  ) focuses exclusively on the Powder River Basin (PRB). Peabody ... . ...Read More