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• Coal ministry agrees to allocate alternative block to Odisha PSU

  19 Aug 2016

  The coal ministry has agreed to Odisha's proposal to allocate an alternative coal block to Odi... . ...Read More

• King Coal’s rise, decline and eventual fall

  19 Aug 2016

  Few thought this would ever happen. In fact, if you plot a chart of coal demand in the UK for the ... . ...Read More

• Rural demand helps top 4 cement firms expand margins

  18 Aug 2016

  Improvement in cement demand from rural housing and road projects has enhanced operating margins... . ...Read More

• King Coal’s rise, decline and eventual fall

  18 Aug 2016

  Few thought this would ever happen. In fact, if you plot a chart of coal demand in the UK for the ... . ...Read More

• Coking coal imports may firm up

  18 Aug 2016

  Coking coal imports by Indian steel makers are pegged at 50 million tonnes (mt) in calendar 2016, ... . ...Read More

• GE Wants to Bring More Life to Coal

  18 Aug 2016

  The conglomerate—one of the world’s biggest suppliers of power-plant equipment—f... . ...Read More

• After years of pain, coal becomes one of the hottest commodities of 2016

  18 Aug 2016

  Less than a year after the coal industry was declared to be in terminal decline, the fossil fuel h... . ...Read More

• Monsoon damps thermal power generation

  17 Aug 2016

  Bumper rain this season and slowing demand has led to 16,000 Mw of thermal power generation capaci... . ...Read More

• India Cements : A company in the business of ‘nation-building’

  17 Aug 2016

  The island of Rameswaram off southern Tamil Nadu holds cultural significance for worshippers of Ra... . ...Read More

• India Cements : A company in the business of ‘nation-building’

  17 Aug 2016

  The island of Rameswaram off southern Tamil Nadu holds cultural significance for worshippers of Ra... . ...Read More

• India coal-bed methane projects floundering

  17 Aug 2016

  Over a decade after India began allocating coal-bed methane (CBM) blocks to investors, the country... . ...Read More

• As Coal Industry Sputters, Some Miners Are Moving On

  17 Aug 2016

  Donald Trump promised “to bring the coal industry back 100 percent.” Hillary Clinton w... . ...Read More

• Feeling Cornered, Coal Industry Borrows From Tobacco Playbook, Activists Say

  17 Aug 2016

  Greg Zimmerman, an environmental activist, was scrolling through the website of a coal industry as... . ...Read More

• Growth in electricity demand tapers off in July

  16 Aug 2016

  The momentum in electricity demand in the first quarter of fiscal 2016-17 has helped increase powe... . ...Read More

• Shree Cement Q1: valuations expensive, positives priced-in

  16 Aug 2016

  Cement companies with a strong presence in north and central India were poised to see a robust Jun... . ...Read More