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• Coal scam: Prakash Industries - In the dock

  28 Mar 2014

  Prakash Industries, established in 1980, runs an integrated steel plant at Champa in Chhattisgarh.... . ...Read More

• Central, state power firms to bid for coal blocks

  28 Mar 2014

  The coal ministry is likely to allow central and state-owned power generating companies to bid for... . ...Read More

• The Coal Quandary

  28 Mar 2014

  In the late 2000s, the notion of “clean coal” was widely panned. As Bryan Walsh wrote ... . ...Read More

• US weekly coal carloads dip 0.6% from week before, rise 3% from last year: AAR

  28 Mar 2014

  The number of coal carloads that US railroads originated for the week ending Saturday totaled 113,... . ...Read More

• Coking coal price crashes through $100

  28 Mar 2014

  Australian coking coal export prices fell nearly 4% reaching single digits for the first time sinc... . ...Read More

• Cargill exits coal trading, European power and gas

  28 Mar 2014

  Cargill Inc will stop trading coal and dealing in gas and power in Europe, the global commodities ... . ...Read More

• CBI registers two fresh cases in multi-crore coal scam

  28 Mar 2014

  Expanding its probe, the CBI today registered two fresh cases against Nagpur-based Central Collier... . ...Read More

• CBI files chargesheet against Congress MP Vijay Darda, son in coal scam

  28 Mar 2014

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday chargesheeted Congress's Rajya Sabha MP ... . ...Read More

• Spot global coal prices move both ways

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: Spot prices of steam coal in international markets moved both ways on account of fluctua... . ...Read More

• Imported coal stocks rise at Paradip Port

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: Stocks of imported coal at Paradip Port on the eastern coast of India, as reported by th... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at power plants up in March

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: Coal stocks at 100 thermal power plants (TPS) in India rose slightly in March 2014 compa... . ...Read More

• 12th unit of Vindhyachal STPS starts commercial ops

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: The 12th Unit (500 MW) of National Thermal Power Corporation of India Limited's Vind... . ...Read More

• Mineral production index at 136.5 in January

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: The index of mineral production of the mining and quarrying sector for the month of Janu... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mumbai down 63.20% in Feb m-o-m

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: Steam coal imports through the port of Mumbai decreased 63.20% to 194,278 tons in Februa... . ...Read More

• No coking coal imports via Ennore Port in Feb

  27 Mar 2014

  March 27: There were no coking coal imports through the port of Ennore in February, as per informa... . ...Read More