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• 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

• South Central Rly’s H1 freight loading flat on dip in coal traffic

  18 Oct 2013

  The South Central Railwayposted a flat growth in freight loadings in the first half of the curre... . ...Read More

• Mozambican coal attracts Spanish, while two new projects are launched

  18 Oct 2013

  Spanish business is eager to get involved in Mozambique’s coal and natural gas sectors. ... . ...Read More

• China steam coal prices up 1st time in 11 months, stoke recovery hopes

  18 Oct 2013

  China's steam coal prices edged higher this week on tighter supplies to post their first weekl... . ...Read More

• 2 analysts downgrade CSX on weak coal demand

  18 Oct 2013

  Two stock analysts lowered their investment rating on CSX Corp. Thursday, saying that lower demand... . ...Read More

• Another coal power victim of declining demand?

  18 Oct 2013

  The 150 megawatt Redbank NSW black coal generator has been placed into receivership. With specu... . ...Read More

• String of coal mine deaths following US government shutdown

  18 Oct 2013

  For the first time in a decade, the US coal mining industry has seen three workplace deaths in thr... . ...Read More