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• ‘No timeline to complete Tori-Shivpur-Kathotia rail line

  18 May 2016

  The fate of the much talked-about Tori-Shivpur-Kathotia railway line, one of the three major proje... . ...Read More

• Cochin Port April gypsum imports surge 97% m-o-m

  18 May 2016

  Imports of gypsum via Cochin Port catapulted 96.83% to 683 tons in April 2016, compared to 347 ton... . ...Read More

• No limestone imported through Cochin Port in April

  18 May 2016

  There were no imports of limestone via Cochin Port in April 2016, according to provisional data av... . ...Read More

• No anthracite imports via Cochin Port for 3 months

  18 May 2016

  There have been no imports of anthracite coal via Cochin Port for the last three months since Janu... . ...Read More

• No met coke imported via Cochin Port for 19 months

  18 May 2016

  There have been no imports of metallurgical coke via Cochin Port during the last 19 months, accord... . ...Read More

• No steam coal imported through Cochin Port in April

  18 May 2016

  There were no imports of non-coking coal (steam coal) via Cochin Port in April, according to provi... . ...Read More

• Drought likely to hit cement demand in key markets

  18 May 2016

  India may experience a tapering off in cement demand from May-end in key markets comprising Mahara... . ...Read More

• Malabar Cements Kochi unit to start ops by end-2017

  18 May 2016

  Malabar Cements Limited, a fully-owned Government of Kerala undertaking, expects its new cement pl... . ...Read More

• Projects worth 94,527.5 MW under construction in India

  18 May 2016

  As many as 130 power projects with a combined generation capacity of 94,527.50 MW were under const... . ...Read More

• Indian power plants FY17 coal requirement at 600 mt

  18 May 2016

  Indian power plants will need a total of about 600 million tons (mt) of coal during financial year... . ...Read More

• Extension of firm trend in international coal markets

  18 May 2016

  An extension of a firm trend was witnessed in South African coal prices on May 17, taking a cue fr... . ...Read More

• Now, UMPPs to be included in power companies performance parameters

  18 May 2016

  The development of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) is set to get a fresh push, with the governme... . ...Read More

• Compat stays Rs 1,773-cr penalty on Coal India

  18 May 2016

  The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) on Tuesday set aside the Rs 1,773-crore penalty impose... . ...Read More

• Not Doomed Yet: For Several Hours, the U.K. Glimpses a Coal-Free World

  18 May 2016

  This is ‘Not Doomed Yet,’ Occasionally, the climate-friendlier future seems to peek ... . ...Read More

• Govt defers schedule for coal mine commercial mining

  18 May 2016

  The government has postponed the schedule of coal mines to be allotted for commercial mining and w... . ...Read More