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• Even under Abbott, coal-fired electricity has no future

  11 Sep 2013

  Coal-fired electricity may have little or no economic future in Australia, a new analysis has foun... . ...Read More

• US coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut

  11 Sep 2013

  US power companies have shut or converted about 16,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired power plants s... . ...Read More

• Poland anchors energy strategy in coal, shale gas: PM

  11 Sep 2013

  Central European powerhouse Poland will anchor its energy strategy in coal and shale gas, with onl... . ...Read More

• Ex-Massey coal executive sentenced to prison

  11 Sep 2013

  The former president of a Massey Energy Co. unit was sentenced to three and a half years in prison... . ...Read More

• Patriot to idle Logan County complex

  11 Sep 2013

  Bankrupt US coal miner Patriot Coal on Tuesday announced plans to idle its Logan County complex lo... . ...Read More

• Environmentalists: Bury Southern Utah coal project

  11 Sep 2013

  America may need energy, but the country would be better off if federal coal near Alton stayed in ... . ...Read More

• Divergent trends in international coal markets

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: A divergent trend was witnessed in international coal markets on September 9 as Sout... . ...Read More

• NTPC eyes 100 mt coal from captive mines in 6-7 years

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: NTPC Ltd, Asia's largest power generation utility, is expecting to get as much a... . ...Read More

• NTPC expects reasonable coal supplies from CIL

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: NTPC Ltd will require a total of 178 million tons (mt) of steam coal during financia... . ...Read More

• Reduced offtake by discoms a temporary phase: NTPC

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: NTPC Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury feels reduced offtake of ... . ...Read More

• WCL, non-power consumers bury hatchet

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, and a section of coal ... . ...Read More

• CIL modifies scope of grades for non-power consumers

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: The Coal India board has modified the decision in respect of the scope of supply of ... . ...Read More

• US-based Rain CII extends MoU with Vizag port

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: Calcinated pet coke producer US-based Rain CII India has recently extended its memor... . ...Read More

• Railways’ revenues in April-Aug, 2013 up 10.29%

  10 Sep 2013

  September 10: The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during April ... . ...Read More

• 95% of missing documents of coal scam found: Sriprakash Jaiswal

  10 Sep 2013

  Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said, "An inter-ministerial committee has be... . ...Read More