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• Steam coal imports via Mundra up 34.78% in Jan m-o-m

  17 Feb 2014

  February 17: Steam coal imports through the port of Mundra rose 34.78% to 1,832,711 tons in Januar... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mundra fall 72.73% m-o-m in Jan

  17 Feb 2014

  February 17: Coking coal imports through Mundra Port during January 2014 fell almost 72.73% to 49,... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Mundra sharply down in Jan m-o-m

  17 Feb 2014

  February 17: Imports of gypsum through Mundra Port stood at 755 tons in January 2014, sharply down... . ...Read More

• 29 coal blocks may be cancelled this week

  17 Feb 2014

  Acting on the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), the Coal Ministry is likely to... . ...Read More

• Panel on coal linkages to meet on February 21

  17 Feb 2014

  An inter-ministerial panel which was to meet on February 19 to review the status of existing coal ... . ...Read More

• Adopt cleaner technologies in coal energy generation: SCCL MD

  17 Feb 2014

  Low capacity power generation plants, which function with less efficiency causing more environment... . ...Read More

• CBI lens on Left Front coal block allocation

  17 Feb 2014

  The Left Front could be in a spot of bother ahead of Lok Sabha polls as a high-level team of Centr... . ...Read More

• SAIL-led group doing due diligence on coal mines abroad

  17 Feb 2014

  Steel Authority of India Ltd , India's second-biggest steelmaker, said its coal joint venture ... . ...Read More

• Coal to be primary fuel source for power in future: SCCL MD

  17 Feb 2014

  Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) chairman and managing director Suthirtha Bhattacharya ... . ...Read More

• Germany relocating towns to dig up more coal

  17 Feb 2014

  Most of us think of Germany as one of the most energy-progressive countries in the world. But in r... . ...Read More

• Mechel successfully tests new coal export terminal

  17 Feb 2014

  Russian mining company Mechel OAO (MTL) said that it has successfully tested a new coal export ter... . ...Read More

• Wave of coal retirements coming by 2016

  17 Feb 2014

  There will be many more closures of coal-fired power plants around the country over the next two y... . ...Read More

• Coal makes a comeback despite natural gas abundance

  17 Feb 2014

  This wasn’t supposed to happen. Cheap natural gas was supposed to be the answer to our depen... . ...Read More

• Coal terminals near New Orleans expanding despite drop in coal exports

  17 Feb 2014

  Despite a drop in coal exports off the Mississippi River in 2013, several New Orleans-area termina... . ...Read More

• Wait until you see what our coal addiction is doing To West Virginia

  17 Feb 2014

  There's no denying the importance of coal in America. The combustible black rock provides a... . ...Read More