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KMPG Reported Investment in Mining Exploration and Production in India
The massive infrastructure investment planned by India and China during 2009 could lead to a surge in iron ore prices again even as valuations have reduced as a result of falling prices which have had a knock-on effect on long-term iron ore contracts.
Coal Mine to Support a Power Plant in Chhattisgarh
All of Goa’s peak hour power woes are set to end within the next two years. The central government has allotted to Goa a coal mine at Chhattisgarh which will generate 240 MW of assured supply for Goa within the next two years.
Effect of Coal Mine Exploration of The Environment : Toxic Coal Ash Piling Up In Ponds in 32 States
Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has left unregulated.
US and Europe Coal Mine Exploration Review And Industry Sector Growth
Blizzards and floods half a world away have helped push Pennsylvania toward a coal-mining boom.
Efforts by China, India, Russia, Brazil and other countries to build their industrial bases and extend their electrical grids have raised prices in recent years, as demand started outstripping the worldwide coal supply.
Australia exports about one-third of the coal sold on [...]
India Mining Exploration, Federal Government Allocates Coal-Bearing areas to steel mills and power plants
India says it will auction coal mines for steel mills, power plants and cement factories for captive use.
Currently, federal government allocates coal-bearing areas to steel mills and power plants. A government spokesman said amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act 1957 would be brought before the Parliament to introduce competitive bidding for [...]
Chemical maker Fuel Tech prospers by cleaning up coal plants
Making electricity is a dirty business. Just take a peek inside the boiler at your typical power plant. Fueled by crushed coal, a fireball howls and burns at 2,500° Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt iron. A ghostly snow of ash drifts down around the fire until it hits a pipe or a ridge. There it [...]
Key US Sen To Unveil Bill On Oil, Gas Royalties Within Weeks
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, the U.S. Senate’s top lawmaker on energy policy, is aiming to unveil a bill later this month that would address what he describes as “the royalty mess down in the Gulf of Mexico.”
“I hope in the next week or two we’ll have some legislation to propose” regarding the royalty issue, the [...]
State bars PG&E and other power companies from buying dirty power
California power companies will be barred from buying electricity from most coal-fired power plants after state utility regulators adopted new limits on emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.
Thursday’s 4-0 vote by the Public Utilities Commission prohibits investor-owned utilities from entering long-term contracts to obtain electricity from sources that emit more carbon dioxide than [...]
CEO on energy group that will discourage coal-fired power plants
A high-powered group including Duke Energy’s Jim Rogers will unveil its plan today to address global warming by discouraging coal-fired power plant projects similar to one Rogers urged N.C. regulators to approve on Friday.
Opponents of Duke’s proposal to build two 800-megawatt coal-fired units at its Cliffside facility west of Charlotte say Rogers is contradicting himself.
