Six of top 10 cos add Rs 28,618 crore in market cap

Last Updated: Sunday, August 2, 2015, 11:35

The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 most valued Sensex companies rose by Rs 28,618.35 crore last week, with ITC and CIL emerging as the biggest gainers.

CIL achieves 97% of coal output target at 34 MT in July

Last Updated: Saturday, August 1, 2015, 21:33

State-owned miner Coal India has produced 34.83 million tonnes (MT) of coal in July which is slightly below the targeted output of 36.04 million tonnes for the month.

CIL unit's inefficiency makes it financially unviable: CAG

Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2015, 21:05

Coal India's Dankuni Coal Complex (DCC) have not functioned "efficiently" to become financially viable as the unit always operated much below installed capacity, government auditor CAG said today.

Coal India to give up three-fourths of Mozambique mine

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2015, 21:18

Coal India Africana Limitada, a fully-owned subsidiary of the state-owned firm, was allotted two leasehold licences for extraction of coal of about 224 square kilometre in Tete province of Mozambique.

Thermal coal imports soar 23% at 12 major ports

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 13:51

These 12 major ports had handled 19.62 MT and 8.10 MT of thermal and coking coal, respectively, in the first quarter of the previous fiscal.

Like CIL, PSUs can deliver on par with TCS, Infosys: Piyush Goyal

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 22:16

Better vision and leadership can help state-owned firms to perform on par with top private players like Infosys, Wipro and TCS as has happened with Coal India Ltd which registered 12 percent spurt in output, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said.

Eastern arms contribute significantly in CIL 12% output growth

Last Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015, 15:03

Coal India's Jharkhand-based arm, Central Coalfields, has topped among eight subsidiaries by surpassing output target with production of 12.59 million tonnes in the first three months of the current fiscal.

BSE to shift 29 companies to restricted trade; NSE to move 6

Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015, 14:04

BSE has decided to shift 29 firms including 3i Infotech and CIL Nova Petrochemicals to the restricted trading segment from next week to ensure safety in capital markets and safeguard the interest of investors.

Govt wants CIL to keep coal prices low for cheaper power

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 15:19

The government wants state-run CIL to keep coal prices low for cheaper power tariff, a top official said on Thursday.

CIL may exceed production target by 60 mt this year: Coal secy

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 19:39

Coal India is likely to increase its production by over 60 million tonne in the current financial year on account of measures taken by the state-run firm, a senior government official said Tuesday.

Coal India misses May production target by two percent

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 20:28

The targeted output for the month was set at 41.78 million tonnes (mt).

Coal India pit-head stocks swell ahead of peak demand

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 17:19

Coal India has mined enough coal to be able to meet the needs of power plants for the next 40 days, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said, a comfortable stocks position for a country used to summer blackouts and large imports of the fuel.