Coalmine
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Govt begins 2nd phase of coal mine auctions
Mar 04, 2015, 01:15 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 31, 2015, 09:38 AM ISTBeijing: 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 | Jan 15, 2015, 12:35 PM ISTIslamabad: 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 | Jan 06, 2015, 01:03 PM ISTBhubaneswar: 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 | Jan 02, 2015, 02:29 PM ISTBeijing: 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
National | Dec 10, 2014, 01:51 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 23, 2014, 11:02 AM ISTKuala 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 | Nov 09, 2014, 11:49 AM ISTAnkara: 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 | Sep 17, 2012, 07:50 AM ISTChandrapur (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 | Sep 11, 2012, 08:54 AM ISTNew 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 | Nov 25, 2011, 04:53 PM ISTPatna/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