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• Latent energy demand will drive coal use: official

  08 Sep 2016

  Demand for coal in India will increase despite a massive expansion of the nation’s renewable... . ...Read More

• China’s Hunger for Steelmaking Coal Fuels Price Rally

  07 Sep 2016

  The price of coal needed to make steel has surged more than 45% over the past three weeks, to its ... . ...Read More

• Global coal power plans fall in 2016, led by China, India - study

  07 Sep 2016

  The amount of coal-fired power generation under development worldwide has shrunk by 14 percent thi... . ...Read More

• Latent energy demand will drive coal use: official

  07 Sep 2016

  Demand for coal in India will increase despite a massive expansion of the nation’s renewable... . ...Read More

• China and Kazakhstan cement fuel pellet deal

  06 Sep 2016

  Signed during Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's state visit to China, these follow a... . ...Read More

• Coal India to set up 600 MW solar plants in four states

  06 Sep 2016

  State­run mining major Coal India will develop solar power plants of 600 MW capacity in four... . ...Read More

• Coal Contracts Set for Longest Run of Quarterly Gains Since 2010

  06 Sep 2016

  Metallurgical coal contracts are set for the longest run of gains since quarterly deals were intro... . ...Read More

• Solar, Wind focus has hit low-cost coal-based power production: Partha BhattacharyyaSolar, Wind focus has hit low-cost coal-based power production: Partha Bhattacharyya

  06 Sep 2016

  The country could have produced an additional 170 billion units of power at around rs 1.75 per u... . ...Read More

• Coal India pushes into solar

  05 Sep 2016

  Coal India is diversifying its core business through a plan to install 600 megawatts of solar powe... . ...Read More

• Realising energy sector targets

  05 Sep 2016

  A reasonable aim of 1,500 MT of coal production by 2022 and a calibrated renewable energy push sho... . ...Read More

• Extension of stable trend international coal markets

  02 Sep 2016

  A stable trend prevailed in international coal markets on September 1 on higher offers despite a s... . ...Read More

• Coal India registers a near zero sales growth in first five months

  02 Sep 2016

  Coal India registered a near zero sales growth during the first five months of the current fisca... . ...Read More

• Naveen Patnaik seeks greater share of clean energy cess for coal­bearing states

  02 Sep 2016

  Pointing out that coal­bearing Odisha has been very supportive of the Centre's push to i... . ...Read More

• Coal India constitutes panel to revise salary of over 3 lakh workers

  02 Sep 2016

  Ahead of the BharatBandhcalled by various trade unions, Coal IndiaLimited (CIL) has constituted th... . ...Read More

• Cement firms to approach COMPAT against Rs 6,700 cr CCI order

  02 Sep 2016

  Cement firms including ACC, Ambuja and IndiaCementstoday said they will move COMPAT against fair t... . ...Read More