Coal news and updates

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• TAYLOR: Glencore Xstrata blocking progress at Donkin coal mine

  01 Apr 2014

  In hindsight it may have been a mistake for the Nova Scotia government to allow mining giant Xstra... . ...Read More

• Flat trend in international coal prices

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31: Spot prices of seaborne coal showed a flat trend in the international markets on March 2... . ...Read More

• Rakes shortage affecting despatches from CCL

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31: Shortage of railway rakes is affecting despatches of coal from Central Coalfields Ltd (C... . ...Read More

• 4 solar PV stations of NTPC start commercial operation

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31: Three solar PV power stations of NTPC Limited – in Faridabad (5MW), Unchahar (10 M... . ...Read More

• 2nd unit of Mouda STPS starts commercial operation

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31:  The Stage I, 2nd unit (500 MW) of the Mouda super thermal power station (STPS) of ... . ...Read More

• Ennore STPP receives Green nod

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31:  The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) recently received environmental clearance ... . ...Read More

• IMG moots deduction, encashment of Chaman Metallics BG

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) has recommended deduction and encashment of bank guara... . ...Read More

• Suzlon to buy US-based SPV company

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31: Suzlon Energy, a leading wind power solutions provider, is going to buy a US- based SPV ... . ...Read More

• Coal handling nil at Porbandar Port in Feb

  31 Mar 2014

  March 31: Coal handling at Porbandar Port, one of the leading Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB)-operate... . ...Read More

• Coal India misses fiscal supply target by 20 mt

  31 Mar 2014

  State-owned miner Coal India Ltd is set to end the fiscal with a production of around 462 million ... . ...Read More

• NTPC, Coal India trying to meet deadline for fuel supply dues

  31 Mar 2014

  With the current financial year drawing to a close, state-owned NTPC Ltd and Coal India Ltd are tr... . ...Read More

• Coal transportation hit due to indefinite strike

  31 Mar 2014

  The crew members of tipper lorries launched an indefinite strike at the Koyagudem Opencast Project... . ...Read More

• A reform roadmap for coal regulator

  31 Mar 2014

  In the thoroughly unreformed coal sector — which increasingly fails to meet the fuel demand ... . ...Read More

• CBI blames screening committee in coal blocks allocation case

  31 Mar 2014

  The Central Bureau of Investigation has accused the 35th Screening Committee of deliberately not f... . ...Read More

• Coal Regulatory Authority little more than eye-wash

  31 Mar 2014

  The constitution of a Coal Regulatory Authority (CRA) has been long-in-waiting and the notificatio... . ...Read More