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• Goa Industrial Development Corporation gets forest clearance to develop Chhattisgarh coal mine

  10 Oct 2013

  oa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), the nodal agency appointed by the state government f... . ...Read More

• IDCO-MCL to develop common rail corridor in Rampia coal block in Odisha

  10 Oct 2013

  The Odisha government has decided to set up a joint venture between the state-owned Industrial Inf... . ...Read More

• Committee on surplus coal to give recommendations soon: Montek

  10 Oct 2013

  The committee under Planning Commission Member B K Chaturvedi on the usage of surplus domestic coa... . ...Read More

• International Coal tightens focus on Consuelo coking coal project

  10 Oct 2013

  International Coal has has taken further steps to focus its exploration expenditure on the promi... . ...Read More

• Myanmar to get more coal-fired power

  10 Oct 2013

  India and Singapore have agreed to jointly build a power plant with Myanmar for the energy-starved... . ...Read More

• Myanmar to get more coal-fired power

  10 Oct 2013

  India and Singapore have agreed to jointly build a power plant with Myanmar for the energy-starved... . ...Read More

• China to cut thermal power prices as coal costs drop

  10 Oct 2013

  China's state planning agency has issued a notice to cut the on-grid price of thermal electric... . ...Read More

• Punjab, Haryana govts oppose hike in power tariffs from Mundra UMPP

  10 Oct 2013

  The Punjab and Haryana state governments have conveyed their opposition to any hike in power tarif... . ...Read More

• German coal extends dominance in power mix as gas wanes

  10 Oct 2013

  Germany's coal-fired power plants increased their dominance in the generation mix in the first... . ...Read More

• American Electric Power seeks offers on 1.68 million st of coal

  10 Oct 2013

  American Electric Power is taking offers through October 18 for up to two years' supply -- up ... . ...Read More

• Leighton to build Whitehaven Coal rail loop

  10 Oct 2013

  Whitehaven Coal has contracted Leighton Holdings to build a rail loop for its $766 million Maules ... . ...Read More

• Minnesota’s largest coal unit to restart

  10 Oct 2013

  One of the Midwest’s largest coal-fired electric generation units is set to restart this wee... . ...Read More

• Zambian coal miner to finalize $560 m power-plant loans

  10 Oct 2013

  Maamba Collieries Ltd., the Nava Bharat Singapore Pte Ltd. unit building Zambia’s first coal... . ...Read More

• The China dilemma: cheap coal energy vs clean water

  10 Oct 2013

  To meet its growing energy needs, China is planning to build hundreds of coal-fired power plants i... . ...Read More

• CCI approval to Ushdev-Gupta Coal India deal

  10 Oct 2013

  Fair trade regulator CCI has approved wind power maker Ushdev Windpark's proposed purchase of ... . ...Read More