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• Gujarat :Power generation by govt-owned units dipped by 30% in last 1 year

  07 Oct 2013

  Power generation by Gujarat government-owned units have dipped by almost 30% in the last one yea... . ...Read More

• Power Production at South India Nuclear Plant Likely to Start Next Month

  07 Oct 2013

  Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. would likely start producing electricity by the end of October... . ...Read More

• Coal India misses production target by 6 MT during April-September 2013

  07 Oct 2013

  Coal India has missed production targets by six million tonnes during the first half of 2012-13 ... . ...Read More

• Myanmar: India’s Tata to develop coal power plant in Pathein

  07 Oct 2013

  Indian power producer Tata Power has reached an agreement with the government to build a new coal-... . ...Read More

• Coal India, under a haze of scrutiny, eyes Australian miners

  07 Oct 2013

  Coal India Limited is preparing to buy assets in Australia to secure India’s coal-powered fu... . ...Read More

• Why the coal auction norms are sadly sub-optimal?

  07 Oct 2013

  After many months of delay and dither, the government has tweaked the norms to allow competitive b... . ...Read More

• No replacement yet for Coal India independent directors

  07 Oct 2013

  Coal India Ltd, the world’s largest coal miner, has not replaced the seven independent direc... . ...Read More

• Xinjiang to launch huge coal gasification project

  07 Oct 2013

  A large coal gasification project will be built in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous... . ...Read More

• Beijing to replace coal-fired power plants before 2015

  07 Oct 2013

  Beijing will build four power centres by the end of 2014 to replace coal with natural gas in heati... . ...Read More

• J-Power, partners delay $4bn Indonesia coal power plant

  07 Oct 2013

  Japan’s Electric Power Development Co. (9513), Itochu Corp. (8001) and Indonesia’s PT ... . ...Read More

• Indonesian cement producer recognised for coal and biomass projects

  07 Oct 2013

  New cement warehouse Indonesia’s Varia Usaha has opened a new cement warehouse in Blora R... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto to sell Blair Athol coal mine in Australia to Linc Energy

  07 Oct 2013

  Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest mining company, is selling its now closed Blair Athol co... . ...Read More

• SA coal prices slightly firm, others largely unchanged

  04 Oct 2013

  October 4: Standard South African coal prices firmed up further on October 3 as traders quote high... . ...Read More

• Komatsu bags order for 44 rear dumpers from NCL

  04 Oct 2013

  October 4: Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has awarded a contract for supply of 44 number of 100T re... . ...Read More

• India achieves 94.6% village electrification till August

  04 Oct 2013

  October 4: India has achieved electrification of 94.6% of its villages till August 31, 2013, accor... . ...Read More