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India’s coal industry in flux as government sets ambitious production targets

Forest clearances, environmental permits, land acquisition challenges remain obstacles to rapid development of India’s coal industry Coal consumption in India, particularly in the electric power sector, is outpacing India’s domestic production. From 2005 to 2012, India’s coal production grew by only 4.7% per year to about 600 million metric tons while the country’s coal-fired electric […]