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• Outsourcing model may undermine Coal India

  15 Nov 2013

  An attempt at outsourcing mining via the public-private partnership model appears to have boomeran... . ...Read More

• Coal India to hold road shows in three nations next week

  15 Nov 2013

  The government will hold road shows in three countries next week ahead of its plan to sell a 5 per... . ...Read More

• NLC to invest Rs 29,239 crore in coal, power sectors

  15 Nov 2013

  Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) would invest Rs 29,239 crore in coal and power sectors during th... . ...Read More

• Global demand stoking fires for more coal projects

  15 Nov 2013

  ACTUAL and planned investments in 53 coal expansion projects in southern Africa totalled $45.58bn ... . ...Read More

• Botswana to export 130 million tons of coal

  15 Nov 2013

  Botswana will export 130 million tons of coal after the completion of the proposed heavy haul rail... . ...Read More

• Climate change: Australia’s boom in energy exports bring world’s doom

  15 Nov 2013

  By 2030, Australia will reclaim its title of being the world's largest exporter of coking coal... . ...Read More

• US coal production rises more than 2% y-o-y, w-o-w

  15 Nov 2013

  US coal production totaled about 19.8 million st in the week that ended Saturday, the Energy Infor... . ...Read More

• Washington’s Catholic Bishops Call For Broad Review Of Coal Exports

  15 Nov 2013

  SeattlePI.com reports that Washington’s four Catholic bishops have released a statement call... . ...Read More

• Poland seeks to make "coal" a less dirty word at UN climate talks

  15 Nov 2013

  Poland is struggling to make "coal" less of a dirty word as it hosts U.N. talks on slowi... . ...Read More

• U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut

  15 Nov 2013

  U.S. power companies have shut or converted about 16,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power plant... . ...Read More

• Coal-dependent states get second chance With shale gas boom

  15 Nov 2013

  The changing economic tide is sweeping through the national energy sector. States that have been p... . ...Read More

• In blow to coal, TVA to shut 8 units

  15 Nov 2013

  Coal-Burning Generating Stations Located in Alabama, Kentucky The Tennessee Valley Authority ... . ...Read More

• Little change in international coal market

  13 Nov 2013

  November 13: No marked change was noticed in the international coal markets on November 12 as the ... . ...Read More

• MoC to hold talks with unions on CIL restructuring

  13 Nov 2013

  November 13: The Ministry of Coal (MoC), which has appointed Deloitte for a study on the restructu... . ...Read More

• Asian, African coal imports via RBCT up 11.99% in Oct

  13 Nov 2013

  November 13: Imports of coal from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by African ... . ...Read More