Industry
Prices of petrol, diesel and LPG to go up again
04 Sep 2012
With the finance ministry refusing to subsidise prices of petrol, diesel and LPG and crude ruling at $113 a barrel, oil marketing companies are left with no option other than raising retail prices
CBI files FIR against five companies in coalgate scam
04 Sep 2012
The CBI is investigating whether companies misreported their financial or technical qualifications to get allocation of valuable coal fields, possibly in collusion with government officials
Germany's Fresenius drops $4.09 bn bid for rival Rhoen-Klinikum
04 Sep 2012
German health care company Fresenius SE today said that it will not make a fresh bid for rival Rhoen-Klinikum, dropping plans to create the largest private-sector hospital operator in Germany
Sirius Minerals plans $6-bn UK potash mine
04 Sep 2012
Chalco drops $926mn bid for SouthGobi Resources
03 Sep 2012
Chalco, China's biggest aluminum producer, has dropped its proposed $926 million takeover bid for the former Ivanhoe Mines' stake in SouthGobi Resources following opposition from the Mongolian government
Chalco drops $926mn bid for SouthGobi Resources
03 Sep 2012
Chalco, China's biggest aluminum producer, has dropped its proposed $926 million takeover bid for the former Ivanhoe Mines' stake in SouthGobi Resources following opposition from the Mongolian government
SC allows 18 mines in Karnataka to resume operations
03 Sep 2012
The Supreme Court today allowed 18 mines to resume mining iron ore in Karnataka with certain conditions following a suspension of over a year on environment concerns
Plans for world's largest offshore wind farm unveiled
01 Sep 2012
The £4.5-billion project is a major boost to the Scottish government's target of meeting 100 per cent of the country’s electricity demand from renewables by the end of the decade
UK completely phases out incandescent bulbs
01 Sep 2012
British consumers will no longer be able to buy 40W and 25W bulbs in the final stage of a phased programme that started in 2009, and has already seen 100W and 60W bulbs phased out
Madras HC clears Kudankulam power project
31 Aug 2012
Mr Chidambaram, argue this case now
31 Aug 2012
Instead of being always on the back foot on the coal mine allocation scandal, it is time for the government to make its case forcefully before the public. There is no one in government who is more qualified than P Chidambaram to argue this case. If he doesn’t do it now, it will make his task of reviving the economy that much more difficult. By Vivek Sharma
Diesel, LPG price hike nowhere in sight
31 Aug 2012
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