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• Researchers exploring new water-based method for testing met-coal samples

  03 May 2017

  A new method of testing exploration coal samples could not only be less harmful to the environment... . ...Read More

• Ambuja Cements results: Q1 profit jumps four fold on higher cement sales

  02 May 2017

  India’s Ambuja Cements, part of global conglomerate LafargeHolcim Ltd, on Friday reported an... . ...Read More

• Cement price hikes in April indicative of better volume and profitability

  02 May 2017

  Cement price hikes in April indicate impending volume growth and possibly better profitability for... . ...Read More

• BHEL commissions 3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant

  28 Apr 2017

  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Friday said that it has commissioned a 3 MW Solar PV po... . ...Read More

• Cement prices rebound to pre-demonetisation levels: ICRA

  28 Apr 2017

  Prices of key commodity, cement, have recovered to pre-demonetisation levels in April 2017, accord... . ...Read More

• Govt to auction mines for coal-to-gas, CTL projects in FY18

  27 Apr 2017

  The government will put under the hammer coal blocks for private coal­to­gas, liquid and... . ...Read More

• BHEL’s Rs. 10,000-cr power project in Bangladesh takes off

  26 Apr 2017

  State-run BHEL today said its largest power project order in the international market, valued at R... . ...Read More

• Strong rural demand will be key for cement demand growth: Sanjay Ladiwala

  26 Apr 2017

  Economy-facing sectors like cement continue to report good numbers as ACC and Ultratech Cement see... . ...Read More

• To work with Indonesia on coal: Goyal

  24 Apr 2017

  India and Indonesia have agreed to explore cooperation in areas like oil, coal, electricity and en... . ...Read More

• NTECL, Singareni in coal supply deal

  24 Apr 2017

  The Tamil Nadu based NTECL has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State-own... . ...Read More

• Cement cos raise product price for second time in north, cut further in south

  21 Apr 2017

  March is leaving cement industry watchers quite confounded. Price hikes are a no-no in the last mo... . ...Read More

• In largest-ever loan prepayment, Hindalco to retire debt worth Rs 6,800 cr this year

  21 Apr 2017

  Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship firm of the Aditya Birla Group and the world larg... . ...Read More

• Commercial coal mining: What should the new policy look like?

  19 Apr 2017

  The Ministry of Coal, has circulated a Discussion Paper on the subject seeking views from public a... . ...Read More

• Gamesa commissions 2,050 MW wind power in FY17

  19 Apr 2017

  The Indian subsidiary of Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa on Tuesday said it has commissioned ove... . ...Read More

• BHEL commissions 2 units at Maharashtra thermal power project

  18 Apr 2017

  State­run power equipment maker BHEL today said it has commissioned two units of 270 mega wa... . ...Read More