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• Coal block scam: Kumar Mangalam Birla meets Chidambaram

  06 Nov 2013

  The CBI had named Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parakh in its FIR charging them with crimina... . ...Read More

• CBI may quiz UP chief secretary in coal scam

  06 Nov 2013

  The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is likely to get singed further in the coal scam as the na... . ...Read More

• Continental opens R351m underground coal mine


  06 Nov 2013

  ASX- and Aim-listed Continental Coal officially opened the R351-million Penumbra underground coal ... . ...Read More

• Is EIA guilty of reporting incorrect coal reserves?

  06 Nov 2013

  The Boulder, Colorado-based nonprofit Clean Energy Action (CEA) has released a bombshell new repor... . ...Read More

• UW study suggests coal trains pollute the air

  06 Nov 2013

  A preliminary study by a University of Washington professor suggests coal trains could be contribu... . ...Read More

• Global steelmakers, met coal miners under pressure from pricing, regulation

  06 Nov 2013

  Global steelmakers, metallurgical coal miners and merchant coke producers are feeling the heat tha... . ...Read More

• In a first, NTPC to start mining coal from Jharkhand

  06 Nov 2013

    State-owned NTPC Ltd is set to start mining from its captive Pakri Barwadih coal block in... . ...Read More

• Seaborne metallurgical coal market to grow 51% by 2035: Wood Mackenzie

  06 Nov 2013

  The seaborne metallurgical coal market is expected to reached 394 million mt by 2035, 51% above th... . ...Read More

• Qatari, Chinese firms to jointly install four coal power plants

  06 Nov 2013

  Qatari and Chinese companies will jointly install four coal-based power plants at Gaddani (Balochi... . ...Read More

• Coal India bets on steel mills to boost profit

  06 Nov 2013

  Coal India Ltd, the world’s biggest producer of the fuel, will raise output of the metallurg... . ...Read More

• SA, Australian coal prices soften in absence of enquiries

  05 Nov 2013

  November 5: The spot prices of South African and Australian steam coal softened slightly on Novemb... . ...Read More

• Extended rain affected despatches in October: CIL

  05 Nov 2013

  November 5: Coal India Ltd (CIL) could not supply the expected quantity of coal in October because... . ...Read More

• HPCL floats NIT to procure Meghalaya coal

  05 Nov 2013

  November 5: Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL), a Government of India enterprise, has floa... . ...Read More

• Coal India misses October production, offtake targets

  05 Nov 2013

  State-owned Coal India (CIL) has produced 35.03 million tonnes (MT) of coal in October, missing it... . ...Read More

• Amid disputes, Odisha halts coal block allocations

  05 Nov 2013

  Odisha has decided to halt the process of allocating coal blocks in the state given the controvers... . ...Read More