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• Coal India may go buyback way to meet divestment target

  24 Sep 2013

  Unable to get the support of its workers’ unions for a proposed follow-on-public offering (F... . ...Read More

• Greenpeace questions Coal India’s extractable reserves

  24 Sep 2013

  Environmental action group Greenpeace on Monday claimed that Coal India Ltd (CIL), the largest coa... . ...Read More

• RI weighs limit on coal-export terminals

  24 Sep 2013

  Indonesia may restrict the number of terminals allowed to export coal as it seeks to control shipm... . ...Read More

• Peabody says settlement offer for Patriot Coal retirees rejected

  24 Sep 2013

  Peabody Energy Corp (BTU.N), which created now-bankrupt Patriot Coal (PCXCQ.PK) through a spin-off... . ...Read More

• E.P.A. Rules on Emissions at Existing Coal Plants Might Give States Leeway

  24 Sep 2013

  Four years ago, Congress rejected the idea of a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon dioxide emis... . ...Read More

• Flat trend in spot coal prices

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Seaborne coal prices remained largely flat on September 20 amid subdued demand from ... . ...Read More

• Japan steelmaker sets Q4 contract for coking coal at $152/ton

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp set its October-December ... . ...Read More

• IR to increase rakes supply to CIL to 215 by Jan

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Indian Railways (IR), which currently supplies an average of 185 rakes to Coal India... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Mormugao at 355,184 tons in August

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Imports of coking coal via Mormugao port stood at 355,184 tons during the month of A... . ...Read More

• Adani port shifts marine tariff rate to dollar

  23 Sep 2013

  September 23: Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has converted its marine tariff from th... . ...Read More

• Coal India trade unions defer strike

  23 Sep 2013

  The plan for a three-day strike in the mines of Coal India Ltd. (CIL) from September 23, to protes... . ...Read More

• Did private companies remove coal files to derail CBI probe?

  23 Sep 2013

  The CBI is probing the role of private companies which bagged coal blocks in the alleged conspirac... . ...Read More

• Coal India awaiting green clearances for 241 projects

  23 Sep 2013

  State-owned Coal India (CIL) is awaiting environment and forestry clearances pertaining to its 241... . ...Read More

• JSPL hopeful of CCI clearance for its coal-to-liquid project

  23 Sep 2013

  Naveen Jindal-promoted Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) is hopeful of getting a go-ahead from the... . ...Read More

• Tribal interests, norms ignored for Mahan coal block

  23 Sep 2013

  The UPA government worked proactively to clear the block for Rs. 6,500-crore joint venture of Hind... . ...Read More