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• Coal India mulls entering minerals mining

  03 Oct 2017

  World’s largest coal miner Coal India is considering a proposal to diversify into mining of ... . ...Read More

• Coal India to invest Rs15,000 crore this fiscal for capex, other projects

  03 Oct 2017

  The world’s largest coal miner, CIL (Coal India Limited), is lining up nearly Rs8,500 crore ... . ...Read More

• Power plants near mines will lift coal through road: Coal Ministry

  22 Sep 2017

  The coal ministry today said power plants located within a 60 km range of mine pit heads shall aug... . ...Read More

• TN seeks adequate supply of coal

  22 Sep 2017

  Tamil Nadu has urged the Centre to ensure adequate supply of coal and allotment of railway coaches... . ...Read More

• Diverging fortunes: China coal futures sink while physical firms

  22 Sep 2017

  China’s physical thermal coal prices strengthened on Thursday as traders worried about logja... . ...Read More

• India not a climate villain despite 65% rise in coal use by 2040, even as China cuts down

  21 Sep 2017

  While the world’s biggest polluters such as China and the US cut their coal usage over the n... . ...Read More

• Coal India dispatches 0.88 mt coal to power sector on Sep 17

  20 Sep 2017

  Coal India today said it has supplied 0.88 million tonnes of dry fuel to the power sector out of i... . ...Read More

• Goyal promises smooth coal supply to power plants by early October

  20 Sep 2017

  Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that his ministry is taking steps to ensure smooth coal... . ...Read More

• Two Adani Power companies secure over 1/3rd of CIL coal

  20 Sep 2017

  Two Adani Power companies managed to secure a shade over one third of the total coal auctioned by ... . ...Read More

• World reliance on coal will last for decades, report finds

  19 Sep 2017

  Renewable energy, gas and ­nuclear power will be the world’s fastest growing forms of en... . ...Read More

• Coal India steps up supply

  19 Sep 2017

  During the month of August 2017 as the country was reeling under energy crunch with growth in hydr... . ...Read More

• CIL allows power companies within 60 km to lift coal beyond their quota

  19 Sep 2017

  In an effort to improve the stock situation at power stations and help increase electricity genera... . ...Read More

• Coal India to ask pithead plants to use road network

  19 Sep 2017

  Coal India will ask power plants at short distances from coal mines to use trucks so that railway ... . ...Read More

• Coal prices to stay firm on higher power demand

  18 Sep 2017

  The prices of coal in the domestic market are unlikely to see any correction in the near future ev... . ...Read More

• Coal India plans to become a full-fledged mining company

  18 Sep 2017

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) is looking to diversify from its core business of coal extraction and become ... . ...Read More