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• 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

• NALCO actively pursuing for allocation of a coal block

  30 Sep 2013

  National Aluminium Company has said it is actively pursuing for allocation of a coal block for its... . ...Read More

• Nagpur-based coal contractor booked for filing Rs 1.5 crore fake bank guarantee

  30 Sep 2013

  Wani police on Friday booked a Nagpur-based coal contractor for filing fake bank guarantee to the ... . ...Read More

• 12 miners trapped in flooded Shanxi coal mine

  30 Sep 2013

  Twelve miners are spending a second day trapped underground, at a coal mine in North China's S... . ...Read More

• Bangladesh: 5 more coal-fired power plants endorsed

  30 Sep 2013

  The government has approved installation of five more coal-fired power plants amid widespread crit... . ...Read More

• Paris favours coal to run New Caledonia power plant

  30 Sep 2013

  The French overseas territories minister, Victorin Lurel, says the government will back plans by t... . ...Read More

• Neb. coal plant tests new pollution-control system

  30 Sep 2013

  A new system to capture one of the main gases linked to global warming will be tested at a Nebrask... . ...Read More

• Soft trend persists on lack of enquiries

  27 Sep 2013

  September 27: Little change was marked in international spot coal prices on continued low enquirie... . ...Read More