Coal news and updates

Updated daily

• Steam coal imports via Mormugao fall 16.01% in Dec m-o-m

  10 Jan 2014

  January 10: Imports of non-coking (steam) coal via Mormugao port stood at 74,495 tons during the m... . ...Read More

• Allottees not responsible for absence of coal block approvals: CII

  10 Jan 2014

  Stung by the Supreme Court’s statement that huge investments made in coal blocks cannot be a... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry slaps notices on five power companies

  10 Jan 2014

  The coal ministry has issued show cause notices to five power companies -joint allottees of Fatehp... . ...Read More

• Attorney general tells govt to scrap 26 coal blocks, UPA fears 2G repeat

  10 Jan 2014

  Attorney general G E Vahanvati has advised the government to cancel coal block allocations to priv... . ...Read More

• Lanco said to consider sale of Australian Griffin Coal division

  10 Jan 2014

  Lanco is examining options including a full sale of Griffin Coal, which it bought for 750 mn Austr... . ...Read More

• Govt takes back MP coal block from Birla Corp

  10 Jan 2014

  Birla Corporation Ltd said that the Union Ministry of Coal (MOC) has de-allocated Bikram coal bloc... . ...Read More

• Goldman Sachs miner halts coal exports from Colombia

  10 Jan 2014

  Goldman Sachs (GS.N)-owned miner Colombian National Resources (CNR) has halted coal exports from C... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Centre admits to irregularities in block allocations before SC

  10 Jan 2014

  The Centre on Thursday admitted before the Supreme Court that there were irregularities in coal bl... . ...Read More

• CM roar for coal royalty

  10 Jan 2014

  Chief minister Hemant Soren and chief secretary R.S. Sharma today pulled out all stops to seek gre... . ...Read More

• Coal-related chemical spill prompts state of emergency in West Virginia

  10 Jan 2014

  West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency for nine counties Thursday night... . ...Read More

• Further softness in SA, Australian steam coal prices

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Spot steam coal prices of South African and Australian origin softened further on low d... . ...Read More

• CIL to float fresh tender to select agency for imported coal

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which did not receive even a single response against its notice i... . ...Read More

• NTPC likely to place order for 7.25 mt imported coal soon

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: NTPC Ltd is likely to place orders with suppliers selected through a global tendering p... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp to take legal step against Bikram block de-allocation

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: Birla Corporation Limited is in the process of taking legal steps against the de-alloca... . ...Read More

• NTPC again under MoC scanner

  09 Jan 2014

  January 9: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has served two more notices to National Thermal Power Corpor... . ...Read More