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• Shortage of coal rakes may hit power generation in Tamil Nadu

  11 Sep 2017

  Shortage of coal rail rakes is threatening to derail power generation in Tamil Nadu.   Wi... . ...Read More

• Tension at coal terminal talks over Glencore plans

  08 Sep 2017

  Negotiations over Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal continue to heat up, according to sources, w... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto announces increased coal reserves at Kestrel

  08 Sep 2017

  Rio Tinto announced increased coal reserve estimates to the Australian Securities Exchange overnig... . ...Read More

• Shortage of coal hits JITPL power plant

  08 Sep 2017

  The 1200 MW plant of Jindal India Thermal Power Limited (JITPL), located near Talcher coalfield, i... . ...Read More

• Rio Tinto climbs after 50% lift in coal reserves at Australian mine

  07 Sep 2017

  Rio Tinto shares lifted 1 per cent on Thursday morning after the company announced a 50 per cent i... . ...Read More

• Green clearance, Law & Order problems delay 89% Coal India projects

  07 Sep 2017

  As many as 89 projects of Coal India are running behind schedule due to reasons such as delay in g... . ...Read More

• Coal crunch stalls steel, power units in Odisha

  07 Sep 2017

  Non-availability of adequate railway rakes has disrupted supplies of coal to industries in Odisha.... . ...Read More

• China domestic thermal coal supply likely to remain tight amid safety checks: Citi

  06 Sep 2017

  China’s supply of spot domestic thermal coal might remain constrained in the coming months d... . ...Read More

• BHP upbeat on ore, coal price outlook

  06 Sep 2017

  BHP Billiton says prices of the nation’s two biggest exports — iron ore and coking coa... . ...Read More

• ‘Bringing coal back on track is priority for Indian Railways’

  06 Sep 2017

  The new Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, who also retains charge of the Coal Ministry, has assumed ... . ...Read More

• No more coal power as India shifts to sun, wind

  05 Sep 2017

  No new coal-based power plants will be allowed by the Centre, apart from the ones already under co... . ...Read More

• Coal India sets up monitoring cell for supply to thermal power plants

  05 Sep 2017

  To make it easier for thermal power plants facing coal shortage, the State-owned Coal India Ltd ha... . ...Read More

• Coal India gains 3% on production and offtake data, appointment of new CMD

  05 Sep 2017

  Coal India shares rallied nearly 3 percent intraday Monday after August production and offtake dat... . ...Read More

• RK Singh named new Power Minister, Goyal retains Coal Ministry

  04 Sep 2017

  The government has named former bureaucrat Raj Kumar Singh as Minister of State (Independent Charg... . ...Read More

• Goyal’s tenure: Reforms in coal auctions to UDAY, green energy push

  04 Sep 2017

  In last three years, Goyal, as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and... . ...Read More