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• Why Coal-Dependent Utilities Shouldn’t Be So Scared of Carbon Regulations

  14 May 2014

  Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of regulating pollution from coal plants ac... . ...Read More

• Colombian March coal exports fall to one-year low of 3.33 mil mt

  14 May 2014

  Colombian coal exports in March fell to their lowest level in a year, at 3.331 million mt, down 18... . ...Read More

• Mixed trend seen in international coal markets

  13 May 2014

  May 13: A mixed trend was visible in the international spot coal markets with prices of South Afri... . ...Read More

• APNRL plans 1,320-MW thermal units in Bihar, Chhattisgarh

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Adhunik Power & Natural Resources Limited (APNRL), a subsidiary of steel player Adhuni... . ...Read More

• APNRL plans 3rd 660-MW unit in Jharkhand

  13 May 2014

  May 13: APRNL plans to establish an additional 660 MW (third phase) unit at Padampur village in th... . ...Read More

• Shyam Steel forced to source 70% of coal via imports

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Weighed down by the inability of Coal India to supply the full quantum under the fuel supp... . ...Read More

• NTPC floats IFB for development of Kerendari-A coal block

  13 May 2014

  May 13: NTPC Limited, India's largest power utility, has floated an invitation of bids (IFB) f... . ...Read More

• Cargo handling by major ports up 9% y-o-y in April

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Cargo handling by 12 major ports in India increased by 8.90% to 47,374 tons in April 2014,... . ...Read More

• April retail inflation inches up to 8.59%

  13 May 2014

  May 13: Retail inflation in April, 2014, inched up to 8.59% from 8.31% in March, mainly on account... . ...Read More

• Leighton’s $5.5-b Indian coal mine contract cancelled

  13 May 2014

  Leighton Holdings Ltd. lost a contract to build the first coal mine for India’s biggest powe... . ...Read More

• Vigilance team to probe illegal coal mining

  13 May 2014

  The vigilance bureau of Jharkhand is confident of a fair inquiry into the illegal coal mining scam... . ...Read More

• Cleaning up coal in India

  13 May 2014

  India’s Enforcement Directorate has filed charges of money laundering against a former minis... . ...Read More

• JD(U) suspects UPA may close coal block cases

  13 May 2014

  The CBI had registered 17 FIRs last year. Expressing apprehension that the UPA regime may close... . ...Read More

• Panel meet on coal supply to end-use plants postponed

  13 May 2014

  The new date for the meeting will be intimated in due course, an official communication said. ... . ...Read More

• The new way to operate coal mines profitably

  13 May 2014

  For optimisation of mining operations, coal companies need to focus on their core competency of ma... . ...Read More