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The talks come just after Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Power, announced it will raise $1 billion from investors by selling a stake in Tata Motors' electric vehicle unit.
China coal prices held near record highs on Thursday as cold weather swept into the country's north and power plants stocked up on the fuel to ease its power crunch.
City state’s gas terminal operator takes surprise step as global shortages put energy supplies at risk.
Latest increase follows government U-turn introduced to boost power generation; floods in mining regions deepen difficulties in extracting coal.
Floods, poor planning, the recent rise in prices, plus China's hungry power stations have all played their part in India’s coal stocks running dangerously low.
Liaoning province issued its second-highest power shortage alert on Monday, the fifth in two weeks, warning the shortfall could reach nearly 5 gigawatts.
Authorities are working hard to dispel fears of looming blackouts, insisting 'there’s no power crisis' and that there are ample stocks of coal, despite some power plants running low
Malaysia is getting a boost from liquefied natural gas exports while Australia and Indonesia are benefiting from a spike in coal demand. Nobody is winning from surging oil prices.
Officials order 72 mines in Inner Mongolia to boost coal production by nearly 100 million tonnes as China battles worst power crunch and coal shortage in years
Japan’s leading refiner is beginning its move away from fossil fuels with the purchase of the solar, wind and biomass operation from Goldman Sachs and GIC
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