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  Govt begins 2nd phase of coal mine auctions

  March 04, 2015 13:15 IST

  New Delhi: Government today began the second round of coal mine auctions by putting on offer four blocks - all in Jharkhand - with firms including Adani Power, JSW Steel, SAIL and BALCO in the

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  Coal mine flooding kills five in China

  World | January 31, 2015 9:38 IST

  Beijing: Five miners were killed and two others remain trapped in a flooded coal mine in China's Anhui province, local authorities said Saturday.The accident happened in a shaft of a coal mine in Yongqiao district

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  Coalmine blast kills six labourers in Pakistan

  World | January 15, 2015 12:35 IST

  Islamabad: At least six people were killed and three others injured in a coalmine blast in Pakistan's Orakzai tribal region Thursday, officials said."The blast occurred at Doli area of Orakzai Agency. It was caused by

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  Strike hits coal mine operations in Odisha

  India | January 06, 2015 13:03 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Odisha were hit Tuesday as its major workers' unions joined a five-day nationwide strike against the government's plans to allow private players in the sector,

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  China builds world's largest coal mine gas unit to make power

  World | January 02, 2015 14:29 IST

  Beijing: China has built the world's largest facility to turn excess methane gas from coal mines into electricity, which could help the communist giant reduce its emissions.Lu'an Group - which completed the facility at Shanxi

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  Bill on coal mine allocation introduced in Lok Sabha

  Politics | December 10, 2014 13:51 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to begin allocation of coal blocks that were cancelled by the Supreme Court.The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014, will replace an

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  Three killed in mine explosion in Malaysia

  World | November 23, 2014 11:02 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: At least three workers were killed and 24 others, six of them serious, injured in an explosion in a coal mine in Malaysia, media reported on Sunday.The explosion took place in a coal

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  Seven detained for Turkey mine disaster

  World | November 09, 2014 11:49 IST

  Ankara: Seven people have been detained in connection with a coal mine disaster in Turkey's Central Anatolia region, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said.Eighteen miners were trapped inside the coal mine in Ermenek Oct 28, Hurriyet

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  Two killed in explosion at coalmine in Maharashtra

  India | September 17, 2012 7:50 IST

  Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Sep 17:  Two miners, including a project manager, were killed and three others injured in an explosion at opencast mine of Western Coalfields Limited in Chandrapur district of east Maharashtra on Sunday, a

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  Former coal minister Santosh Bagrodia's brother got hefty mining contract

  India | September 11, 2012 8:54 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 11 :  A company in which former coal minister Santosh Bagrodia's brother had shares, got a coal mine contract worth over Rs 23,000 crore between 2006 and 2010, the Times of India

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  I-T Officials Baffled, Why Rs 100-Crore Owner Lived In A Dilapidated Quarter

  India | November 25, 2011 16:53 IST

  Patna/Dhanbad/Ranchi, Nov 25: Income Tax sleuths stumbled upon a huge cache of nearly Rs 100 crore assets this week concealed by a contractor working for Bharat Coking Coal Ltd in Jharia and Dhanbad coal mining

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