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• China’s No.3 coal firm looking into solar power market

  03 Jan 2014

  China’s third largest state-owned coal miner, Datong Coal Mine Group (LON:DTE), has partnere... . ...Read More

• Sluggish trend continues in international coal markets

  02 Jan 2014

  January 2: Spot coal prices remained range-bound on January 1 as participants continued to remain ... . ...Read More

• 10 more companies hauled up by MoC as new year sets in

  02 Jan 2014

  January 2: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) started off the new calendar by show-causing 7 more companie... . ...Read More

• PGCIL synchronises Southern Grid with National Grid

  02 Jan 2014

  January 2: In a major breakthrough in the power transmission sector, Power Grid Corporation of Ind... . ...Read More

• Failure to lift coal by Mahagenco hit consumers: CAG

  02 Jan 2014

  Mahagenco has been under fire of late from consumer activists for not lifting its share of coal fr... . ...Read More

• Coal Ministry to seek CCI nod for mine development

  02 Jan 2014

  The Coal Ministry will seek approval from the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) to fast-track ... . ...Read More

• Coal & Oil Group to invest Rs 10k cr in TN

  02 Jan 2014

  The project which is being developed at a cost of around Rs 6,800 cr by Coastal Energen Pvt Ltd, t... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry notice on Bankhui coal block

  02 Jan 2014

  Continuing its spree of crackdown on frivolous coal block allocatees, the Ministry of Coal (MoC) h... . ...Read More

• Coal ministry slaps show cause notices on Rungta Mines and Kohinoor Steel

  02 Jan 2014

  In letters to both companies, the ministry asked them to reply within a period of 20 days, as to w... . ...Read More

• SCCL to raise explosive-making capacity, add 5 washeries

  02 Jan 2014

  State-owned miner Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) has drawn up plans to strengthen its explosi... . ...Read More

• Stage set for a clean-up act in mining

  02 Jan 2014

  For a large part of the year, the mining sector continued to grapple with controversies related to... . ...Read More

• Coal and petroleum coke heating ban takes effect in Manitoba

  02 Jan 2014

  Legislation enacted by the Manitoba government to ban petroleum coke and coal heating came into ef... . ...Read More

• Coal Stocks Could Surge With the Plunge in Natural Gas Inventories

  02 Jan 2014

  The biggest beneficiary of plunging natural gas inventories might not be a company in the natural ... . ...Read More

• Coal prices largely unchanged

  01 Jan 2014

  January 01: The spot coal prices remained largely unchanged in the absence of buyers and sellers o... . ...Read More

• Cartelisation possibility unlikely as cement makers fight excess capacity

  01 Jan 2014

  January 01: Excess capacity in some parts and lower-than-expected demand continues to affect overa... . ...Read More