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• Chinese companies to build 700 coal plants in and outside China

  12 Oct 2017

  Coal is dead. Coal mining is a sunset industry. Donald Trump is crazy if he thinks he can revive B... . ...Read More

• NTPC May Look To Buy Stressed Power Assets

  12 Oct 2017

  The country’s largest power producer NTPC Ltd. may step in to buy stressed assets in the sec... . ...Read More

• NTPC to ratchet up coal production from captive mines

  12 Oct 2017

  India’s largest power utility, NTPC, is aiming to source as much as 67% of its thermal coal ... . ...Read More

• Iron ore price falls below $60 a tonne as China fights pollution

  11 Oct 2017

  The price of steelmaking ingredient iron ore, a major source of profit for some of the world&rsquo... . ...Read More

• India: Coal stocks at power plants down to six days

  11 Oct 2017

  Coal stocks at power plants across the country have declined to a point where they can meet the re... . ...Read More

• State govt. seeks to import coal

  11 Oct 2017

  Faced with a shortfall in power generation due to inadequate supply of coal, the State government ... . ...Read More

• Diwali cheer: Coal India staff get 20% wage hike

  11 Oct 2017

  In a Diwali bonanza to its employees, Coal India finalised the Tenth Wage Agreement of Coal Worker... . ...Read More

• Coal India fuel supply to power plants rises by 21 % in September

  10 Oct 2017

  State-owned CIL on Monday said that supply of coal to power utilities increased by 20.6 percent to... . ...Read More

• Rising heat, coal shortage lead to power cuts

  06 Oct 2017

  Soaring temperatures and a shortage of coal in the country has pushed up the city’s power re... . ...Read More

• Coal supplies zoom, but shortage at IPPs keeps power tariff high

  06 Oct 2017

  Despite the increase in domestic coal supplies in the last two months, the open market electricity... . ...Read More

• NCL registers 17% growth in coal production during first half of FY18

  05 Oct 2017

  Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, today said it has registered a 17 per c... . ...Read More

• India’s August coal shipments fall 14%

  05 Oct 2017

  Coal shipments handled by major Indian ports in August fell over 14% from a year earlier to 9.3 mi... . ...Read More

• Coal India output rises second straight month as plants buy more

  04 Oct 2017

  Coal India Ltd., the world’s biggest producer of the fuel, reported its second straight year... . ...Read More

• NLC seeks global, private firms to develop 2 coal mines in Odisha

  04 Oct 2017

  Lignite miner and power producer NLC India Ltd has invited domestic and foreign companies to devel... . ...Read More

• Coal India misses April-Sept production target by 11.43 mt

  04 Oct 2017

  State-owned Coal India produced 231.87 million tonnes (MT) of coal in April-September period this ... . ...Read More