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• CoalMin to de-allocate several coal blocks

  17 Oct 2013

  Stung by the CBI's intensified hunt, an alarmed coal ministry has moved to de-allocate two blo... . ...Read More

• China coal sector price war is over: JP Morgan

  17 Oct 2013

  J.P. Morgan analysts Daniel Kang and Waiyin Karen Li believe the price war amongst China’s c... . ...Read More

• Hindalco yet to get any coal, even 8 years later

  17 Oct 2013

  Hindalco will have to buy coal from other sources at a very high cost for its Rs 17,000-crore alum... . ...Read More

• Parakh should disclose how coal blocks were allotted: Yashwant Sinha

  17 Oct 2013

  The BJP on Wednesday termed as "not surprising" remarks of ex-coal secretary PC Parakh t... . ...Read More

• Coal and conspiracy

  17 Oct 2013

  It is a sobering thought that the CBI has not yet uncovered even a whiff of a financial trail, whi... . ...Read More

• Engaged in "witch-hunting": Digvijay Singh on coalgate

  17 Oct 2013

  Amid strong reactions over CBI's FIR against top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla in the c... . ...Read More

• Post-Hindalco row, no IAS officer will clear any file: ex-Cabinet secretary

  17 Oct 2013

  The UPA government's attempts to dispel perceptions of a prolonged policy drift by pressing ah... . ...Read More

• NLC, Hindalco equally entitled to coal block:ex-coal secy Parakh

  17 Oct 2013

  Former coal secretary Prakash Chandra Parakh insisted on Wednesday (October 16) that there was not... . ...Read More

• Coal auction plan may help govt contain slowdown

  17 Oct 2013

  The government’s plans to auction coal blocks to private companies may prove to be a handy t... . ...Read More

• CIL not expert in CBM exploration: Veerappa Moily

  17 Oct 2013

  Oil minister Veerappa Moily has rejected a draft note for the Cabinet proposing exploration of coa... . ...Read More

• Coal crisis hits BHEL supplier SMEs

  17 Oct 2013

  Small and micro enterprises in the State supplying equipment to public sector power giant Bharat... . ...Read More

• NWR increases coking coal prices for Q4

  17 Oct 2013

  Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreeme... . ...Read More

• China Sept coal imports down 0.9% month-on-month

  17 Oct 2013

  China's total September coal imports, including lignite, dropped 0.9 percent from a month earl... . ...Read More

• NSW Labor moots ban on coal seam gas mining near water catchments

  17 Oct 2013

  NSW Labor will push for a permanent ban on coal seam gas activity in bush buffering Sydney's... . ...Read More

• Green groups seek assurances from Energy Future

  17 Oct 2013

  Environmental group leaders on Wednesday urged Texas regulators to ensure that financially strappe... . ...Read More