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• Ministry seeks NTPC, NLC views on block allocation process

  13 Sep 2013

  September 13: The Ministry of Coal has asked NTPC Ltd and Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) to... . ...Read More

• Cement sector relaxes on amendment in validity of LoAs

  13 Sep 2013

  September 13: The cement companies in India are feeling relaxed after the Ministry of Coal recentl... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports via Gangavaram fall 58.04% m-o-m in August

  13 Sep 2013

  September 13: Coking coal import through the port of Gangavaram fell 58.04% to   &n... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Gangavaram fall 22.45% m-o-m in August

  13 Sep 2013

  September 13: Steam coal imports via Gangavaram port fell 22.45% to 500,609 tons in August 2013 fr... . ...Read More

• Essar Energy ties up for new $300 million corporate loan facility

  13 Sep 2013

  September 13:  Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, has announced t... . ...Read More

• Competition panel to probe CIL fuel pact with sponge iron makers

  13 Sep 2013

  Fair trade regulator CCI has ordered a probe into the allegations that state-run Coal India and it... . ...Read More

• Coal India to start imports by Sept-end

  13 Sep 2013

  Final pre-bid meeting with MMTC and STC, through which imports will take place, later this week ... . ...Read More

• Coal piles up at ports as rupee makes buyers renege on contracts

  13 Sep 2013

  Major Indian ports have more than 3.5 million tonnes (mt) of coal stockpiles because importers are... . ...Read More

• Mundra Port handles record coal cargo in a day

  13 Sep 2013

  Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, country's largest port developer today said its flagship Mundra port ... . ...Read More

• NTPC to get coal, no decision on NHDC project: Scindia

  13 Sep 2013

  NHDC likely to exhaust its internal funds in project which would be based on super critical techno... . ...Read More

• Two groups bid to move coal on river for NTPC’s Bihar project

  13 Sep 2013

  The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has received only two technical bids for barge tran... . ...Read More

• State power utilities meet near full energy demand

  13 Sep 2013

  Power utilities in Andhra Pradesh are able to supply near full energy demand in Andhra Pradesh wit... . ...Read More

• Solar power to trim govt’s electricity bills

  13 Sep 2013

  All government buildings in the twin cities will be fitted with solar panels on the their rooftops... . ...Read More

• Power regulator without decision-makers

  13 Sep 2013

  Bengal’s power regulator, which decides the tariffs of state-run and private utilities, has ... . ...Read More

• China bans new coal-fired plants in 3 regions

  13 Sep 2013

  China announced on Thursday that it will ban new coal-fired power plants in three key industrial r... . ...Read More