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• Coal scam: ED files laundering case against Dasari Narayana Rao, Naveen Jindal

  06 May 2014

  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped money laundering charges against former Minister of S... . ...Read More

• Plan to Put Sundargarh’s Coal Corridor Project on Fast Track

  06 May 2014

  The Sundargarh administration and the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) have decided to expedite the c... . ...Read More

• Plan to Put Sundargarh’s Coal Corridor Project on Fast Track

  06 May 2014

  The Sundargarh administration and the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) have decided to expedite the c... . ...Read More

• Wollongong Coal keen to expand mine operations

  06 May 2014

    Wollongong Coal has lodged an urgent request with the NSW government to begin mining Long... . ...Read More

• Lanco withdraws development plan for Australia port project

  06 May 2014

  Debt-laden Lanco Infratech Ltd is scaling down its proposed coal mining-cum-infrastructure project... . ...Read More

• Indiana leads nation in coal ash ponds, raising toxin concerns

  06 May 2014

  Even though Indiana has the most coal-ash ponds of any state in the nation and a troubling number ... . ...Read More

• New solar breakthrough could be the final nail in coal’s coffin

  06 May 2014

  A class of minerals known as perovskites could be the best solar panel material you haven’t ... . ...Read More

• Wesfarmers cuts coal prices

  06 May 2014

  Fears that coal prices would continue falling are becoming a reality, with Wesfarmers on Tuesday c... . ...Read More

• Australian coalmining is entering ‘structural decline’, reports say

  06 May 2014

  Coalmining in Australia is entering a “structural decline”, with projects set to becom... . ...Read More

• Global steam coal prices move up marginally

  05 May 2014

  May 5: Spot steam coal prices moved up marginally in the international markets on May 2, market so... . ...Read More

• RINL floats global tender for imported coking coal

  05 May 2014

  May 5: State-owned steel-maker RINL has floated a global tender to procure altogether 250,000 tons... . ...Read More

• NTPC invites bids for 1 mt of imported coal

  05 May 2014

  May 5: State utility NTPC Ltd has floated a notice inviting tender (NIT) to procure 1 million tons... . ...Read More

• Fifth IMC meeting deferred to May 12

  05 May 2014

  May 5: The fifth meeting of Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has been deferred to May 12 instead ... . ...Read More

• Grasim Ind Q4 net profit down 17%

  05 May 2014

  May 5: Grasim Industries Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company, on May 2, reported a 16.92% drop ... . ...Read More

• Coal India modifies e-auction clauses

  05 May 2014

  State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) has modified clauses pertaining to spot and forward e-auctions of... . ...Read More