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• DPL extends NIT closure date to March 14

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Durgapur Projects Limited (DPL), a Government of West Bengal enterprise, has extended th... . ...Read More

• IMG slaps BG on JSPL, Bhushan Power for delay in block development

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) has decided to slap a bank guarantee (BG) on two coal ... . ...Read More

• Met coke exported from Kolkata Port in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: A small quantity of 80 tons of metallurgical coke was exported through the eastern India... . ...Read More

• E-auction could be best way to allot coal blocks: Parakh

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Even as India's coal block allocation scam continued to hog the limelight, former co... . ...Read More

• Block de-allocation to worsen coal supply: Parakh

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: The current spate of coal block de-allocation by the government would further worsen the... . ...Read More

• Govt should open up coal sector forthwith: Former coal secy

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: In the national interest, the Indian government should open up the coal sector as soon a... . ...Read More

• Pet coke exports from Kolkata Port at 41 tons in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Export of pet coke via Kolkata Port were at 41 tons in February 2014, as per provisional... . ...Read More

• Paradip Port extends RFP bid for multipurpose berth

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Paradip Port Trust extended the last date of submission of the "request for proposa... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Gangavaram up 18.06% m-o-m in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Steam coal imports via Gangavaram Port stood at 203,389 tons in February 2014, up 18.06%... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Gangavaram fall 38.12% tons in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Coking coal imports through the port of Gangavaram stood at 298,715 tons during the mont... . ...Read More

• Met coke imports via Gangavaram fall 7.7% in Feb m-o-m

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Imports of met coke via Gangavaram Port stood at 55,365 tons during February 2014, down ... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Gangavaram Port fall 54.76% tons in Feb

  10 Mar 2014

  March 10: Pet coke imports via Gangavaram Port stood at 26,822 tons during the month of February 2... . ...Read More

• Mahagenco not ready to lift 50 lakh ton coal

  10 Mar 2014

  The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Thursday pulled up Mahagenco to explain why it had not be... . ...Read More

• Coal block allocations scam: CBI to file status report in SC today

  10 Mar 2014

  CBI will submit its report on the coal block allocations scam to the apex court on Monday giving d... . ...Read More

• 500MW unit of Vallur thermal plant down due to lack of coal

  10 Mar 2014

  The second unit of the Vallur thermal plant has been shut down due to lack of coal. The unit was p... . ...Read More