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• Tata Power set to buy Welspun’s wind, solar assets valued at $1.45 billion

  02 May 2016

  Tata Power, the country's largest integrated power utilities company, looks set to acquire the... . ...Read More

• Cement firms forecast demand to grow 6-8% in fiscal 2017

  02 May 2016

  The country’s top three cement producers—Ultratech Cement Ltd, ACC Ltd and Ambuja Ceme... . ...Read More

• Coal case: Madhu Koda ensured recommendation for Jindal’s firms, says court

  02 May 2016

  Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda had ensured that the recommendation for entire Amarkond... . ...Read More

• RPT-Australia coal mines brace for floods as La Nina looms

  02 May 2016

  Five years ago floods linked to a La Nina weather pattern nearly brought Australia's coal indu... . ...Read More

• Coal Supply To Power Sector Rises 6% In 2015-16

  02 May 2016

  State-run miner Coal India supplied 407.9 million tonnes of fuel to the power sector in 2015-16, u... . ...Read More

• Higher coal use could cause droughts in Asia

  02 May 2016

  Continued reliance on energy derived from coal may have an unintended consequence to the environme... . ...Read More

• Coking coal in bear grip

  02 May 2016

  Metallurgical coal (coking coal) prices have been on a downtrend over the last few years — f... . ...Read More

• Chennai Port’s FY16 limestone exports drop 14% y-o-y

  29 Apr 2016

  There have been no limestone exports from the port of Chennai in March 2016 while 535 tons were ex... . ...Read More

• Mere 3 tons of pet coke exports via Chennai in March

  29 Apr 2016

  A negligible 3 tons of pet coke was exported through Chennai Port in March against 4 tons in Febru... . ...Read More

• Steam coal exports via Chennai for 3rd month running

  29 Apr 2016

  For the third month in a row, steam coal has been exported from Chennai Port.   In March ... . ...Read More

• Chennai Port’s FY16 limestone imports drop 29% y-o-y

  29 Apr 2016

  Limestone imports via Chennai Port catapulted by more than 109.47% to 132,003 tons in March 2016 a... . ...Read More

• Chennai Port gypsum imports rise 29% in FY16 y-o-y

  29 Apr 2016

  Gypsum imports through Chennai Port edged up 5.80% to 1,112 tons in March 2016 from 1,051 tons see... . ...Read More

• Ennore Port steam coal imports dip 10% y-o-y in FY16

  29 Apr 2016

  Steam coal imports through Ennore Port dropped 17.17% to 882,102 tons in March 2016 from 1,065,030... . ...Read More

• Mumbai Port 2015-16 limestone imports up 15% y-o-y

  29 Apr 2016

  After staying flat at 11,000 tons for three consecutive months, imports of limestone through the p... . ...Read More

• Steam coal imports via Mumbai Port drop 28% in FY16

  29 Apr 2016

  A volume of 202,383 tons of steam coal was imported through Mumbai Port in March 2016 against 136,... . ...Read More