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• 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

• MMTC, Adani in fray for NTPC coal tender

  14 Jan 2014

  State-owned MMTC Ltd, Adani Enterprises Ltd and Knowledge Infrastructure Systems Pvt. Ltd (KISPL) ... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI completes probe into allocations when PM headed coal ministry

  14 Jan 2014

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today told the Supreme Court that it has completed inves... . ...Read More

• Colombia suspends coal loading by Drummond

  13 Jan 2014

  January 13: In a sudden twist in events, the Colombian government suspended coal loading by Drummo... . ...Read More

• Reliance Power lights up boiler for 3rd unit of Sasan UMPP

  13 Jan 2014

  January 13: Reliance Power achieved boiler light-up for the third unit (660 MW) of its Sasan ultra... . ...Read More

• Industrial growth likely to remain week till March: CRISIL

  13 Jan 2014

  January 13: Industrial growth is likely to remain weak for the rest of 2013-14, due to infrastruct... . ...Read More

• Nov IIP falls 2.1%, contracts for 2 consecutive months

  13 Jan 2014

  January 13: India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) fell 2.1% on a year-on-year basis in ... . ...Read More