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• How Southern cement makers beat cash crunch

  14 Feb 2017

  ET Intelligence Group: Southern cement makers such as The Ramco Cements, India Cements, and Dalm... . ...Read More

• China mulls radical output cuts, port coal ban in war on smog: document

  14 Feb 2017

  China is considering forcing steel and aluminium producers to cut more output, banning coal in one... . ...Read More

• India may never need another coal plant: TERI

  14 Feb 2017

  India has enough coal plants running or under construction to meet demand until 2026, according to... . ...Read More

• ‘Renewables obviate need for new coal capacity’

  14 Feb 2017

  The energy that would be available from renewable sources, nuclear and gas plants, both existing a... . ...Read More

• Cement sector sees demand recovering with Budget push

  13 Feb 2017

  Cement companies are bullish about demand on account of the government’s focus on infrastruc... . ...Read More

• Centre likely to dilute emission norms for thermal power plants, relax deadline

  13 Feb 2017

  In yet another case of shifting goal posts and diluting strict norms, the Centre has reportedly de... . ...Read More

• India optimistic of being coal-free by 2050

  13 Feb 2017

  India will not need to build another coal power plant after 2025 if renewables continue to fall in... . ...Read More

• Major Afghan cement contract cancelled in investment setback

  10 Feb 2017

  Eleven years after its first big mining privatisation, the Afghan government has abruptly cancelle... . ...Read More

• Major Afghan cement contract cancelled in investment setback

  10 Feb 2017

  Eleven years after its first big mining privatisation, the Afghan government has abruptly cancelle... . ...Read More

• As coal shortfall looms, miners enjoy unexpected boom

  10 Feb 2017

  Many a swan song has been sung for thermal coal markets as renewable power generation and a push t... . ...Read More

• No work on Uppur thermal power plant for six months

  09 Feb 2017

  The ₹12,772-crore Uppur Supercritical Thermal Power Plant, hailed as the pet project of former C... . ...Read More

• GECA releases new standard for cement

  09 Feb 2017

  Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) has released a new standard for cement, concrete and co... . ...Read More

• Chaos at Indonesian ports disrupts coal shipping

  09 Feb 2017

  Road blockages and bad weather in Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo island are being bla... . ...Read More

• Australia probes coal spill near Great Barrier Reef

  09 Feb 2017

  Coal has washed up in waters dangerously close to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, environmenta... . ...Read More

• For cement sector, recovery from demonetisation could be round the corner

  08 Feb 2017

  Cement makers have survived the demonetisation shock quicker than expected with the southern marke... . ...Read More