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• Lafarge shortlists bidders for 11MT cement assets

  13 May 2016

  After Dalmia Cement withdrew its case against Lafarge's India asset sale, the global cement ma... . ...Read More

• Union Minister keen on reopening cement plant

  13 May 2016

  A meeting to discuss reopening of the cement plant will be held in June at Hyderabad or New Delhi,... . ...Read More

• Reliance Power’s plea to mortgage Sasan coal blocks rejected by government

  13 May 2016

  The government has declined Anil Ambani¬led Reliance Power's request to let it mortgage co... . ...Read More

• Coal price dip helps EPGL posts ₹35-cr net for FY16

  13 May 2016

  Essar Power Gujarat Ltd (EPGL), a subsidiary of Essar Power Ltd, is finally turning the corner. Af... . ...Read More

• HC frees coal for electricity

  13 May 2016

  Calcutta High Court today paved the way for mining in two coal blocks, unlocking 7 million tonnes ... . ...Read More

• U.S. Forecast coal production is expected to decline 150 MMST in 2016 - EIA

  12 May 2016

  EIA estimates that U.S. coal production in April was 46 million short tons (MMst), a 6 MMst (12%) ... . ...Read More

• UK March thermal coal imports down 87% y-o-y

  12 May 2016

  The UK imported 306,401 tonnes of thermal coal in March, plunging 87% year on year and down 53% fr... . ...Read More

• First Korea, now Japan: Colombian coal exports to Asia spread

  12 May 2016

  Japan has started significant imports of faraway Colombian thermal coal, the second Asian country ... . ...Read More

• Spread between petcoke, coal narrows, but still discounted to India

  12 May 2016

  The spread between petcoke and coal delivered to India narrowed this week, but still offered a dis... . ...Read More

• Spread between petcoke, coal narrows, but still discounted to India

  12 May 2016

  The spread between petcoke and coal delivered to India narrowed this week, but still offered a dis... . ...Read More

• Govt to make coal-based power generation cleaner: Piyush Goyal

  11 May 2016

  The government will adopt new technologies to make coal-based power generation cleaner and design ... . ...Read More

• Solar-powered light-emitting cement developed

  11 May 2016

  Scientists have created a newlight-emitting cement that could last a hundred years and illuminate ... . ...Read More

• China Coal Province GDP Just Enough to Repay Its Miner Debts

  11 May 2016

  Debt of mining companies in China’s leading coal province has ballooned to about the same le... . ...Read More

• Trump Cannot Bring Back Coal

  11 May 2016

  Donald Trump’s promise to open shuttered coal mines in Appalachia might be as hard to fulfil... . ...Read More

• The Reform Effect: ‘Cement, fertiliser sectors slowly shedding the debt burden’

  10 May 2016

  If rising debt levels and high interest outgo was a major cause of concern for India Inc over the ... . ...Read More