Coal news and updates

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• Only fully explored blocks to be put up for auction

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The government has decided to offer only fully explored coal blocks for auction unde... . ...Read More

• New land Act is pro-people, but not anti-industry: Jairam

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, has said the new land acquisition Act is p... . ...Read More

• STC to diversify its import trading portfolio: CMD

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The State Trading Corporation of India (STC) is planning to diversify its import tra... . ...Read More

• CAD narrower than expected, wider quarter-on-quarter

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: India's current account deficit (CAD) was narrower than expected at $21.8 billio... . ...Read More

• Core sector index up 3.7 % y-o-y in August

  30 Sep 2013

  September 30: The index of eight core industries, which have a combined weight of 37.90% in the In... . ...Read More

• Fast-track rail projects to move 300 MT coal

  30 Sep 2013

  The country had to import a record 135 MT coal to meet domestic requirement last year. The demand-... . ...Read More

• Coal-hungry India must focus on logistics: Jaiswal

  30 Sep 2013

  Output from Coal India grew 2.7% while offtake has grown 4.7% in current fiscal that began in Apri... . ...Read More

• Pvt power firms cut output on coal scarcity, weak demand

  30 Sep 2013

  Power companies, especially those in the private sector, have cut down generation drastically owin... . ...Read More

• Auditor questions Gujarat NRE coking coal’s ‘ability to survive’

  30 Sep 2013

  Gujarat NRE Coke's Australian investment has run into serious trouble with the auditor Grant T... . ...Read More

• Adani’s coal project up for Green nod in Australia

  30 Sep 2013

  Australia’s new government has ordered 47 major coal and coal seam gas projects to seek na... . ...Read More

• Coal India set to spend Rs 5,500 cr on explosives

  30 Sep 2013

  To procure explosives for mines, Coal India Ltd will spend around Rs 5,500 crore by 2014-15. A.... . ...Read More

• Coal auction policy: New start, old fears

  30 Sep 2013

  Last week, the Government announced a new coal block auction policy for the captive use of private... . ...Read More

• India, Mozambique to discuss cooperation in coal, natural gas

  30 Sep 2013

  India and Mozambique are expected to deliberate tomorrow on ways to increase cooperation in sector... . ...Read More

• Government targets coal block auctions by Dec

  30 Sep 2013

  he government has set a target to auction at least six coal blocks to private firms by December. &... . ...Read More

• CBI to confront Jindal with ex-coal secretary

  30 Sep 2013

  The CBI will question Congress MP Naveen Jindal again in the Coalgate scam and he is likely to be ... . ...Read More