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• Eskom starts first South African blackouts since 2008

  07 Mar 2014

  Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. began rolling scheduled blackouts in South Africa for the first time in si... . ...Read More

• Coal’s comeback year runs into trouble

  07 Mar 2014

  The U.S. coal industry is expected to have a comeback year in 2014, regaining some of the ground i... . ...Read More

• Gas to beat coal as made-in-Australia export

  07 Mar 2014

  Liquefied natural gas will overtake coal as Australia’s second-biggest export earner by 2017... . ...Read More

• Coal communities being kept in dark about dangers: Tim Flannery

  07 Mar 2014

  Climate scientist wants the inquiry into the health effects of wind turbines to also look at mines... . ...Read More

• Harsh US winter reveals necessity of coal

  07 Mar 2014

  For the past three months, millions of Americans on the East Coast have endured constant freezing ... . ...Read More

• Soft trend in international coal markets

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: Spot prices of steam coal softened on March 5 on lack of demand, coupled with sufficient ... . ...Read More

• Tata Steel gets Green nod for Jharkhand mining, washery expansion

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: Tata Steel Limited, on March 3, received the environmental clearance for capacity expansi... . ...Read More

• CIL floats tender to procure OTR tyres

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has floated a global open e-tender to procure 40 R 57 Radial OTR Tyr... . ...Read More

• CIL opens NIT to enlist agency for coal imports

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: Coal India Limited's much-awaited notice inviting tender (NIT) for enlistment of an a... . ...Read More

• CIL against reverting to original supplies to block holders

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has said that it would be difficult for it to revert to the quantum ... . ...Read More

• 8 coal blocks told to get Stage-II FC by November 2014

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), which met to review the status of 10 coal blocks alloc... . ...Read More

• NTPC signs Rs 500-cr term loan with State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: NTPC Limited, India's largest power utility, has signed a term loan agreement for Rs ... . ...Read More

• G6 grade coal sees good demand in Feb e-auction

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: There was good demand for G6 grade coal (GCV range 5,501-5,800 Kcal/kg) on the coaljuncti... . ...Read More

• Fair demand for G7 grade coal in Feb e-auction

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: G7 grade coal (GCV range of 5,200-5,500 Kcal/kg) met with fair demand at the coaljunction... . ...Read More

• Moderate demand for G8 grade coal in February e-auction

  06 Mar 2014

  March 6: G8 grade coal (GCV range 4,900-5,200 Kcal/kg) offered by four subsidiaries of CIL met wit... . ...Read More