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• Coal prices correct further down

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: As expected, spot steam coal prices corrected further down on lack of fresh enquiries ... . ...Read More

• Coal stocks at Indian power plants fall to 17.38 mt

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: After rising continuously from March-April this year and touching a peak of over 23 mi... . ...Read More

• Coal handling by Indian ports falls 10.56% in Sept m-o-m

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: Total coal handling by the major Indian ports during the month of September 2013 fell ... . ...Read More

• Birla Corp to invest Rs 950 crore in four states

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship company of the MP Birla Group, would invest ar... . ...Read More

• Paradip Port signs MoU to set up LNG terminal

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: Paradip Port Trust has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GAIL (India) Lt... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Dahej port falls 13.99% in Sept m-o-m

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: Handling of coal at Dahej port stood at 748,814 tons during the month of September 201... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Porbandar port almost doubles in Sept

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: Handling of coal at Porbandar port stood at 41,290 tons during the month of September ... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Vizag port up 32.58% m-o-m in Sept

  31 Oct 2013

  October 31: Coal handling at Vizag port surged by 32.58% to 826,000 tons in September 2013 compare... . ...Read More

• Myopia on Coal

  31 Oct 2013

  The brouhaha over Coalgate has pushed the genuine long-term issues in coal to the background. Indi... . ...Read More

• Plan panel suggests alternative coal banking mechanism

  31 Oct 2013

  The Planning Commission has worked out a coal banking mechanism that does not involve public secto... . ...Read More

• Three coal blocks allocated to PSUs

  31 Oct 2013

  A Coal Ministry panel has agreed to allocate three coal blocks to mining PSUs including Jharkhand ... . ...Read More

• Odisha turns coal heat on Centre

  31 Oct 2013

  The Odisha government deepened UPA-2's discomfort over Coalgate by bluntly telling the Supreme... . ...Read More

• Polish companies invited to partner Indian steel, mining firms

  31 Oct 2013

  Government has invited Polish companies to join hands with their Indian counterparts in steel and ... . ...Read More

• Rajan may ask govt to help with infra exposure of PSBs

  31 Oct 2013

  Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan is expected to ask the government for some clear int... . ...Read More

• Coal block allotment: Getting the auctions right

  31 Oct 2013

  The current controversy over the coal block allotment is perhaps the latest and one of the most so... . ...Read More