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• Coal supply eases but calm may be short-lived

  24 Mar 2014

  A slump in power demand from financially-stressed distribution companies might have made India'... . ...Read More

• Interest in importing coal has declined: CIL

  24 Mar 2014

  Coal India Ltd’s (CIL) Rs.3,000 crore plan to import 5 million tonnes (mt) of coal in fisc... . ...Read More

• Essar-led project battle reflects mining pains

  24 Mar 2014

  With an axe on one shoulder and lugging a large log over the other, Bhajandhari Kushwaha emerges f... . ...Read More

• Final bid dates for Odisha, Tamil Nadu UMPPs extended

  24 Mar 2014

  The last dates for submission of final price bids for the two ultra mega power projects in Tamil N... . ...Read More

• Deep controversy

  24 Mar 2014

  India’s biggest energy project has produced more squabbles than gas IF YOU look north fro... . ...Read More

• First unit of coal based Kalisindh thermal power plant starts power generation

  24 Mar 2014

  The first unit of Coal based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant in Jhalawar district has commence... . ...Read More

• AAP vision: Coal, oil and gas must be owned by govt alone

  24 Mar 2014

  Government ownership of major natural resources, such as coal and oil, phasing out of contractual ... . ...Read More

• Govt invokes guarantee for coal block allotted to DVC, TVNL

  24 Mar 2014

  The decision to encash the surety was taken on the basis of recommendations by an inter-ministeria... . ...Read More

• Chinese coal market to stay oversupplied

  24 Mar 2014

  The Chinese coal market will continue to suffer from oversupply this year and coal prices may furt... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI questions key PM advisor TKA Nair

  24 Mar 2014

  The CBI has quietly completed the questioning of T K A Nair, a key advisor of Prime Minister Manmo... . ...Read More

• Coal India to recruit 120 officers for CSR initiatives

  24 Mar 2014

  Coal India, the world's biggest coal miner, has decided to raise a new cadre of officers who w... . ...Read More

• Alaska lawmaker wants coal plant without fed regs

  24 Mar 2014

  A Republican senator says Alaska should ignore federal regulations and plan to build a large-scale... . ...Read More

• Funding for new coal undermines Greece’s potential for a living economy

  24 Mar 2014

  The recent decision of Italian chief prosecutor Francantonio Granero to order the closure of two p... . ...Read More

• Planned coal-fired power plant retirements continue to increase

  24 Mar 2014

  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, company announcements since November 2013 Note: O... . ...Read More

• Weak trend persists in international coal markets

  21 Mar 2014

  March 21: A weak trend prevailed in international coal markets with buyers continuing to bid at lo... . ...Read More