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• Coal handling at V.O. Chidambaranar Port falls 2.45% in March m-o-m

  25 Apr 2014

  April 25: Coal handling at V.O. Chidambaranar Port stood at 558,000 tons during March 2014, down 2... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Okha Port up 0.46% in March m-o-m

  25 Apr 2014

  April 25: Coal handling at Okha Port stood at 55,000 tons in March 2014, up 0.45% from 54,750 tons... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Dahej Port up 61.84% in March m-o-m

  25 Apr 2014

  April 25: Coal handling at Dahej Port stood at 690,431 tons in March 2014, up 61.84% from 426,613 ... . ...Read More

• Mineral production index up 1.4% y-o-y in February

  25 Apr 2014

  April 25: The index of mineral production of the mining and quarrying sector for the month of Febr... . ...Read More

• CBI likely to question UP chief secretary in coal scam case

  25 Apr 2014

  The CBI is likely to examine Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Javed Usmani in connection with its pro... . ...Read More

• Coal block case: Parakh replies to CBI notice

  25 Apr 2014

  Former coal secretary P.C. Parakh, who was summoned earlier this week by the Central Bureau of Inv... . ...Read More

• China Shale Boom Seen by Rig Maker Honghua as Coal Use Recedes

  25 Apr 2014

  Honghua Group, a Chinese drilling-equipment maker that gets most of its business from overseas, is... . ...Read More

• Energy Co. says removal of coal ash ponds could take 30 years, cost $10B

  25 Apr 2014

  For the first time since Duke Energy’s defunct Eden, N.C. coal plant leaked thousands of gal... . ...Read More

• Peabody reviews high-cost coal mines as prices stay weak

  25 Apr 2014

  Coal miner Peabody Energy Corp said it was reviewing a couple of higher-cost operations in Austral... . ...Read More

• Major ports saw 22% jump in thermal coal cargo in 2013-14

  25 Apr 2014

  Amid widening demand-supply gap and increased requirement of dry-fuel, the country’s major p... . ...Read More

• MoEF defers decision on green nod to Monnet Ispat coal block

  25 Apr 2014

  A high-level panel in the environment ministry has deferred a decision on granting green approval ... . ...Read More

• No coal supply to projects failings to meet commercial output deadline

  25 Apr 2014

  The government plans to revoke the fuel supply assurances given to coal-based power projects that ... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Enforcement Directorate registers money laundering, forex violation case

  25 Apr 2014

  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered money laundering cases against those firms which a... . ...Read More

• Solar power is booming, But will never replace coal

  25 Apr 2014

  Solar power has been growing like crazy. Last year the solar industry installed a record amount of... . ...Read More

• Spot global coal prices largely unchanged

  24 Apr 2014

  April 24: Spot prices of steam coal in international markets remained largely unchanged on April 2... . ...Read More