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• Coal use plunges as China cuts back and US turns to gas

  09 Jun 2016

  BP’s latest world energy review showed 2015 had been “an annus horribilis for coal&rdq... . ...Read More

• After oil, coal prices move up on supply squeeze, record demand

  09 Jun 2016

  All major benchmarks for thermal coal – the world’s second most important energy fuel ... . ...Read More

• OPGC to seek coal linkage extension till 2021

  09 Jun 2016

  Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC), a 51:49 joint venture (JV) company between the Odisha ... . ...Read More

• BHEL commissions 3 thermal units in UP

  08 Jun 2016

  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned three supercritical units of 660 MW each ... . ...Read More

• US-based Westinghouse to build 6 nuclear power plants in India

  08 Jun 2016

  The Nuclear Power Corporation of India and US firm Westinghousehave agreed to begin engineering an... . ...Read More

• Green Cement Market Growth Forecast at 14.95% CAGR to 2020

  08 Jun 2016

  Analysts forecast global green cement market to grow at a CAGR of 14.95% during the period 2016-20... . ...Read More

• Green Conservatives call for earlier UK coal power phase-out

  08 Jun 2016

  The UK should close all its coal-fired power stations two years earlier than the government’... . ...Read More

• How to Get a Small City off Coal

  08 Jun 2016

  On a sunny afternoon in this rapidly growing mountain city, craft-beer drinkers line up for a &quo... . ...Read More

• Coal, like oil, lifted by supply squeezes and record demand

  08 Jun 2016

  All major benchmarks for thermal coal - the world's second most important energy fuel after cr... . ...Read More

• UK solar eclipses coal power over month for first time

  08 Jun 2016

  Solar power in the UK produced more electricity than coal across the whole of May, the first ever ... . ...Read More

• NTPC has no plans to buy back shares, says CMD

  07 Jun 2016

  India’s largest power generator NTPC does not have any plans now to buy back its own shares,... . ...Read More

• Prism Cement to buy 15.23% stake in BLA Power for Rs 21 crore

  07 Jun 2016

  Prism Cement   said it will acquire 15.23 percent stake in BLA power Pvt Ltd for Rs 21 crore,... . ...Read More

• Prospects improving further for south-based cement firms

  07 Jun 2016

  South India-based cement manufacturers reported good performance in the March 2016 quarter (Q4) le... . ...Read More

• Water used by coal-based power plants can meet needs of 25 cr people: Greenpeace

  07 Jun 2016

  At a time when 11 states are facing drought-like situation, Greenpeace India today said the amount... . ...Read More

• The Elusive Search For Clean Coal

  07 Jun 2016

  “I want clean coal, and we’re going to have clean coal and we’re going to have p... . ...Read More