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• Tata Power commissions micro hydro project in Maharashtra

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: Tata Power, one of the major integrated power companies in India, recently commission... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Cochin Port at 424 tons in Jan

  13 Feb 2014

  February 13: Import of gypsum via Cochin Port stood at 424 tons during the month of January 2014, ... . ...Read More

• Coal India posts Q3 profit decline on lower auction prices

  13 Feb 2014

  Coal India Ltd, the world's largest coal miner by output, posted its third straight decline in... . ...Read More

• Controversial coal block cleared

  13 Feb 2014

  The Environment Ministry has given its nod for mining the controversial Mahan coal block in Madhya... . ...Read More

• HC restrains govt from re-allocating coal blocks

  13 Feb 2014

  The Supreme Court, which had taken up the coal block allocation issue, had reserved its judgment o... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry to review JVs, SPVs allocated coal blocks

  13 Feb 2014

  The Coal Ministry will next week review the status of the formation of special purpose vehicles an... . ...Read More

• CIL abandons share offer amongst growing investor skepticism

  13 Feb 2014

  Three years can be an eternity for a coal company. In October 2010, Coal India, then the world'... . ...Read More

• Ban on coal mining in South Garo Hills

  13 Feb 2014

  The Meghalaya government has misrepresented before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about coal mi... . ...Read More

• Route rationalisation hits coal traffic at Visakhapatnam Port

  13 Feb 2014

  Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), which is going all-out to boost its coal handling capacity by mode... . ...Read More

• Pacific Panamax thermal coal rates rise, outlook mixed

  13 Feb 2014

  The new rise in the Panamax coal freight market, seen since late last week in the Pacific, was mai... . ...Read More

• China to Fight Pollution With $1.65 Billion Fund, Cut Coal Use

  13 Feb 2014

  China will set up a 10 billion yuan ($1.65 billion) fund to reduce air pollution in the country&rs... . ...Read More

• Glencore Coal Price to Japan Seen at Lowest Since 2009 on Supply

  13 Feb 2014

  Glencore Xstrata Plc (GLEN), which sets prices for Australian power-station coal contracts, is poi... . ...Read More

• Coal Burns Brighter as Utilities Switch From Natural Gas

  13 Feb 2014

  Predictions of coal’s demise in the U.S. may be greatly exaggerated.   Natural gas ... . ...Read More

• Alpha Natural expects recovery in thermal coal demand

  13 Feb 2014

  U.S. coal miner Alpha Natural Resources reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as cost-cu... . ...Read More

• Volga takes 50% stake in Russian coal export terminal project

  13 Feb 2014

  Russian private investment vehicle Volga Group said Wednesday it had bought a 50% stake in Sukhodo... . ...Read More