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• MoC warns HINDALCO, Tata Power over Tubed block

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has sent a warning for inordinate delay over the developmen... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Chennai dwindle to 76 tons in Dec

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Steam coal imports via Chennai port dropped to a mere 76 tons in December 2013 against... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Chennai up 14% in Dec m-o-m

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Coking coal imports via Chennai port rose by 14% to 171 tons in December against 149 t... . ...Read More

• Pet coke imports via Chennai rise 24.78% in Dec m-o-m

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Petroleum coke imports through Chennai Port rose 24.78% to 141 tons in December 2013 a... . ...Read More

• Dec anthracite coal imports via Chennai show m-o-m increase

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Anthracite coal imports via Chennai port increased to 212 tons in December 2013 agains... . ...Read More

• Gypsum imports via Chennai more than treble m-o-m in Dec

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: Gypsum imports through Chennai port more than trebled to 3,821 tons in December 2013 a... . ...Read More

• December sees no gypsum exports via Chennai

  14 Jan 2014

  January 14: There were no gypsum exports through Chennai port in December 2013, as per provisional... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Cancelling allocations not the right solution

  14 Jan 2014

  Nearly two years after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) pointed out irregularities in cap... . ...Read More

• Coal India should use surpluses to develop new mines

  14 Jan 2014

  At a time when inadequate coal linkages are emerging as a major bottleneck for several industries,... . ...Read More

• Rising coal use reverses three years of Co2 declines in US

  14 Jan 2014

  Here’s the bad news: Increasing coal use in U.S. power plants has contributed to the first a... . ...Read More

• CBI to file seven chargesheets in coal scam

  14 Jan 2014

  The CBI, while filing a status report on its probe into irregularities in allocation of coal block... . ...Read More

• Rule relaxed to allow upto 50% expansion of coal projects

  14 Jan 2014

  In a big relief to small coal mining projects, the government has allowed an expansion of existing... . ...Read More

• US coal industry faces scrutiny after West Virginia chemical spill

  14 Jan 2014

  The US coal industry looks likely to come under increasing scrutiny from federal government after ... . ...Read More

• Colombia coal exports set to drop as loading ban looms

  14 Jan 2014

  Colombia's coal exports are set to plunge from Tuesday as a ban on ship loading by U.S.-based ... . ...Read More

• Rules to decide coal course

  14 Jan 2014

  Coal and power ministries today said that blocks with environment approval and forest cover (stage... . ...Read More