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• 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

• Cement makers set to challenge CCI order

  01 Jan 2014

  January 01: The 11 cement companies, which were asked to pay penalty by Competition Commission of ... . ...Read More

• Kandla Port’s imported coal stock at 1.46 mt

  01 Jan 2014

  January 01: Kandla port on the western coast of India has a stock of 1.46 million tons (mt) of imp... . ...Read More

• Kudankulam Unit-1 to contribute 1,000 MWe

  01 Jan 2014

  January 1: The first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) which has recently been sync... . ...Read More

• MoC slaps show-cause notice to 18 more companies

  01 Jan 2014

  January 1: The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has issued show–cause notice to 18 more companies incl... . ...Read More

• India’s trade deficit down at $99.9 bn till Nov

  01 Jan 2014

  January 1: Amid concerns over the rupee’s depreciation, India’s trade deficit has drop... . ...Read More

• India’s core sector index up 1.7% y-o-y in November

  01 Jan 2014

  January 1: The index of eight core industries, which have a combined weightage of 37.90% in the In... . ...Read More

• CBI to register more FIRs in its coal scam probe

  01 Jan 2014

  Expanding ambit of its probe, the CBI is likely to register more cases to investigate the alleged ... . ...Read More

• Water shortage curbing growth of coal-to-chemicals projects

  01 Jan 2014

  A shortage of water is a major factor restricting the development of coal-to-chemicals projects on... . ...Read More

• Iron ore, coal sourcing key challenge for steel makers

  01 Jan 2014

  The Government’s effort to ease the supply of coal and iron ore will help brighten prospects... . ...Read More