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• India’s FY’14 GDP growth at 4.7%

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: For the second year in a row, the Indian economy grew less than 5% in 2013-14, data releas... . ...Read More

• Ujaas Energy PAT up 38% to Rs 37.39 crore

  02 Jun 2014

  June 2: Ujaas Energy Ltd, a solar power generator under REC, posted a 38% increase in profit after... . ...Read More

• Punjab’s thermal power generation plummets

  02 Jun 2014

  Effect of coal shortage on Punjab’s thermal power plants has come out officially, as the gen... . ...Read More

• China plans to shut down 2,000 coal mines by next year

  02 Jun 2014

  China plans to shut down over 2,000 small-scale coal mines by next year in an effort to eliminate ... . ...Read More

• One killed in coal mine accident in southern Turkey

  02 Jun 2014

  One miner was killed in an accident on June 1 in a coal mine in the Elbistan district of the south... . ...Read More

• Undercover: Spies hired to infiltrate anti-coal campaign

  02 Jun 2014

  Former soldiers and intelligence operatives have been sent to infiltrate a network of anti-coal pr... . ...Read More

• Feds: Arch Coal Workers Took $2M in Kickbacks

  02 Jun 2014

  Arch Coal employees at a West Virginia mine are charged with pocketing almost $2 million from vend... . ...Read More

• Europe’s gas power capacity seen at risk as utilities burn coal

  02 Jun 2014

  NATURAL gas-fired power plants accounting for almost 30% of Europe’s capacity are at risk of... . ...Read More

• Coal Versus Poverty in Kosovo Tests World Bank Clean-Air Pledge

  02 Jun 2014

  The smokestacks at Kosovo’s oldest power station tower over decaying buildings and a tangle ... . ...Read More

• New Carbon Rules the Next Step in Obama’s War on Coal

  02 Jun 2014

  For five years, the coal industry and its fossil-fueled allies in the Republican Party have accuse... . ...Read More

• International coal prices remain static

  30 May 2014

  May 30: Spot international coal prices, on May 29, remained almost static though the rates of the ... . ...Read More

• A K Dubey may be interim chairman of CIL

  30 May 2014

  May 30: As incumbent Chairman S Narsing Rao has tendered in his resignation, Dr A K Dubey, Additio... . ...Read More

• Goyal to relocate MoC officials to PowerMin office

  30 May 2014

  May 30: Piyush Goyal, the newly-appointed Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, has indic... . ...Read More

• IMC meet on coal supply to end-use plants held today

  30 May 2014

  May 30: The 5th meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to consider issues related to sup... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at power plants fall in May

  30 May 2014

  May 30: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India fell in May 2014 compared to that i... . ...Read More