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• Is Fracking Worse For Pollution Than Coal?

  04 Dec 2013

  Extraction using hydraulic fracturing - fracking - has made North America the world's largest ... . ...Read More

• International coal prices largely stable

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: Spot price of steam coal in major markets remained largely stable on December 2, on no... . ...Read More

• HNL floats NIT to procure 50,000 tons of imported steam coal

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL), a Government of India enterprise, has floated a not... . ...Read More

• IMC meet on Dec 6 to draft policy for washery rejects-based units

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: The first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to formulate a policy on co... . ...Read More

• No scope for new coal linkages for power projects: Jaiswal

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: There is no scope for granting new coal linkages or letters of assurance (LoAs) for th... . ...Read More

• Coal India curtails washery plans

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which had planned to set up 20 washeries with total raw coal thr... . ...Read More

• BCCL floats tenders for Patherdih II, Bhojudih washeries

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) has floated tenders for setting up two new washeries at ... . ...Read More

• BCCL to sign agreement with ACB India for Dahibari soon

  03 Dec 2013

  December 3: After a prolonged delay, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) will be signing the contract ag... . ...Read More

• Coal India produces 39 MT coal in November; misses target

  03 Dec 2013

  State-owned Coal India Ltd has achieved output of 39.20 million tonne in November, missing its pro... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: Government may issue de-allocation letters to companies this week

  03 Dec 2013

  The Coal Ministry is planning to begin issuing deallocation letters to firms  like Jindal S... . ...Read More

• India’s Power Ministry fears profiteering in proposed coal banking scheme

  03 Dec 2013

  India’s Power Ministry has expressed its apprehensions over the possibility of captive coal ... . ...Read More

• China Coal Weekly: Prices Keep Rising

  03 Dec 2013

    The price of the 5,500kcal steam coal in the Bohai Rim rose by 11 yuan to 576 yuan/ton in... . ...Read More

• Chinese firms scouting for coal assets but in no hurry to buy

  03 Dec 2013

  Chinese companies are on the hunt to buy overseas coal mines as Beijing’s switch to cleaner ... . ...Read More

• Ban orders in coal belt area

  03 Dec 2013

  Tension gripped coal town of Talcher on Sunday after sitting MLA Braja Kishore Pradhan was sent to... . ...Read More

• Power crisis looming large in Andhra Pradesh

  03 Dec 2013

  Coal supply from Talcher hit due to local agitations Power sector in the State is facing a piqu... . ...Read More