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• CBI likely to file status report in coal scam on October 22

  21 Oct 2013

  CBI likely to file status report in coal scam on October 22 CBI is likely to file its status re... . ...Read More

• Rot stems from ill-conceived coal nationalization plan

  21 Oct 2013

  Subhash Chakravarti, a legendary chief of bureau of The Times of India, recently recounted an enco... . ...Read More

• Montek hoping for coal block auctions this year

  21 Oct 2013

  Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today expressed the hope that auction o... . ...Read More

• Decline in coal export prices puts squeeze on Peabody margins

  21 Oct 2013

  The profitability of coal mines operated in Australia by Peabody Energy slumped in the September q... . ...Read More

• Ennore Port plans new coal bertht to take on competition

  21 Oct 2013

  With a capacity to handle 9 million tonnes per annum, it will be completed within 18 months San... . ...Read More

• No change in weak sentiments in international coal markets

  18 Oct 2013

  October 18: Spot coal prices in international markets continued to remain soft with the rates of s... . ...Read More

• Coal despatches by CIL, SCCL rise 4.87% in September

  18 Oct 2013

  October 18: Despatches of coal by domestic miners Coal India Ltd (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Co... . ...Read More

• Coal crunch forces NTPC-Simhadri to close one unit

  18 Oct 2013

  The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has shut down unit 4 of its thermal power station at... . ...Read More

• Coal scam: CBI may question Odisha CM

  18 Oct 2013

  CBI could question Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in connection with alleged irregularities ... . ...Read More

• Coal blocks allotted to big firms may be scrapped

  18 Oct 2013

  Within days of the CBI naming Aditya Birla Group chief KM Birla and former coal secretary PC Parak... . ...Read More

• U-turn on allocation of coal block to Hindalco points to PM

  18 Oct 2013

  On November 10, 2005, the government eventually allocated Talabira II to MCL, NLC and Hindalco &n... . ...Read More

• Higher coal freight loading boosts Eastern Railway earnings by 15.8% in September 2013

  18 Oct 2013

  Eastern Railway has registered a 16.67% growth in freightloading to 5.27 million tonne during Sept... . ...Read More

• JSPL to acquire majority stake in Gujarat NRE Coking Coal

  18 Oct 2013

  Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) will acquire a majority stake of 53.63 per cent in Gujarat NRE C... . ...Read More

• P.C. Parakh — from mining geologist to Coal Secretary

  18 Oct 2013

  P.C. Parakh, who has shot into the limelight in the wake of the latest case registered by the Ce... . ...Read More

• Panel to expedite Rs 8000-crore coal corridor

  18 Oct 2013

  The Odisha government has announced the formation of an eight member panel to expedite implementat... . ...Read More