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• Coal stocks at Indian power plants cross 23-mt level

  30 Aug 2013

  August 30: Lower power generation due to lack of demand from distribution companies led to an incr... . ...Read More

• VISL floats RFQ to procure 20,000 tons LAM coke

  30 Aug 2013

  August 30: Steel Authority of India Limited's (SAIL's) Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Kandla falls 18% in July m-o-m

  30 Aug 2013

  August 30: Coal handling at Kandla port fell to 751,881 tons in July 2013, down 18% from 917,020 t... . ...Read More

• Coal handling falls 54.17% at Porbandar port in July m-o-m

  30 Aug 2013

  August 30: Coal handling at Porbandar port fell by 54.17% in July 2013 to stand at 25,000 tons as ... . ...Read More

• Coal handling at Dahej port up 56.64% in July m-o-m

  30 Aug 2013

  August 30: Coal handling at Dahej port stood at 1,033,921 tons during the month of July 2013, up 5... . ...Read More

• Govt not mulling subsidy to power cos: Jyotiraditya

  30 Aug 2013

  The government is not considering any subsidy to power generators or hiking power tariffs to lesse... . ...Read More

• New RBI guv prescribes coal crunch remedy

  30 Aug 2013

  Raghuram Rajan's proposal aims at 'simplifying' newly developed coal-pricing regime to... . ...Read More

• SC sets deadline for CBI to complete coal scam

  30 Aug 2013

  Court also gives government four weeks to submit report to CBI on missing files, documents related... . ...Read More

• Goldman, Deutsche, SBI Caps among 7 banks to manage CIL divestment

  30 Aug 2013

  India has selected seven banks including Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank to manage a five percent ... . ...Read More

• Thermal power stations in China, India blamed for mercury in fish

  30 Aug 2013

  US researchers say they've solved the mystery of how mercury gets into fish, prompting a warni... . ...Read More

• New coal-fired power units in Guangdong may kill thousands

  30 Aug 2013

  There were reports that emissions from new coal-fired power stations planned in Guangdong could ca... . ...Read More

• US coal output rises 1.9% y-o-y in week ended Saturday: EIA

  30 Aug 2013

  US coal production totaled about 20.7 million short tons in the week that ended Saturday, the Ener... . ...Read More

• Govt sale order on coal dug out of NH-33

  30 Aug 2013

  The four-laning of NH-33 near Kuju coal belt under Mandu block in Ramgarh district has benefited t... . ...Read More

• Imported coal worries plague Punjab State Power

  30 Aug 2013

  A decision by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), which allowed private sector thermal... . ...Read More

• Are there signs of hope for coal companies?

  30 Aug 2013

  Coal use for the generation of electricity was up almost 5% year over year in June according to th... . ...Read More