On Sunday, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) announced that it has established a 40 million metric tonnes (MMT) production target for coal production from its owned mines by 2024–2025. According to an NTPC statement, the ambitious goal will assist NTPC in achieving a notable 17% annual growth in captive coal output. The announcement states that […]
Category: Coal
Coal production crosses 1 billion tonne
India’s coal and lignite production crossed 1 billion tonne as of March 22, surpassing last fiscal’s output of 937.2 million tonne 25 days in advance, according to data from coal ministry. Additionally, the country currently has 96 million tonnes coal stocks available with coal companies. The domestic coal-based thermal power plants maintain coal stocks of […]
Coal PSUs must plan pithead-based thermal projects: Coal Secy Meena
The Coal Ministry has asked Coal India Ltd and NLC India Ltd to go for pithead-based thermal projects with an aim to reduce transportation cost and improve availability of dry fuel, a top government official said. The plan is that all new thermal projects of Coal India Ltd (CIL) and NLC India Ltd should come […]
Modi inaugurates world-class ‘Aviation Research’ complex at Hyderabad’s Begumpet Airport
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Airports Authority of India (AAI’s) newly developed Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad today Developed on an area of 39,080 sqm, the facility consists of the Research & Development (R&D) centre, recreation block and campus hostel to strengthen aviation research. The aviation research organisation will […]
Five CIL mines to converted into pump-storage power projects
The government has identified five abandoned mines under the aegis of Western Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd to convert these into pump storage projects, an official aware of the development told FE. “We have large mines where coal projects have been completed. We are doing a survey of these mines to see how […]
Coal production from captive, commercial mines rises 27 pc in Apr-Feb
The coal production from captive and commercial mines has increased 27.06 per cent year-on-year to 126.8 million tonnes (MT) in the April-February this fiscal. The coal dispatch from the captive and commercial mines in the first eleven months of the current financial year also rose 29.14 per cent to 128.88 MT over the corresponding period […]
Coal India posts output increase of 10.5% to 685.1 million tonnes during April-February period
State-owned Coal India Ltd announced that it produced 685.1 million tonnes (MT) of coal during April-February period of the ongoing fiscal year, recording a rise of 10.5 per cent year-on-year. During the same period last year, it had registered an output of 619.7 million tonnes. For February, Coal India posted a production increase of 8.72 […]
Govt puts 18 critical minerals under 2nd tranche of auction
The government on Thursday put 18 critical and strategic mineral blocks with an estimated value of Rs 30 trillion under the second tranche of critical minerals auction. The minerals include graphite, tungsten, vanadium, rare earth elements, nickel, potash, and cobalt, among others. “After today, potash mining can start in India for the first time. It […]
Govt charts out mega plan to ease coal evacuation
In an attempt to reduce coal imports while enhancing domestic availability, the government has firmed up a plan to increase the share of railways in transportation of the fuel to 87% by FY30 from the current 65%. It also aims to eliminate the transport of coal through roads during the period which is currently at […]
Coal India, BHEL signs JV pact coal-to-chemicals biz
Coal India and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Wednesday announced the signing of a joint venture agreement for setting up of an ammonium nitrate plant as a part of its coal gasification project. The joint venture will initiate the ‘coal to chemicals’ business by first setting up a 2,000 tonnes per day ammonium nitrate […]
10th round of coal mines auction soon, likely the last
With nine successful rounds of coal blocks auction where 120 mines have been handed over to the private bidders for commercial mining since 2020, the government might come up with one more round of auction, before stoping the process. The government feels there may not remain any more appetite for coal blocks in the country […]
NTPC crosses 100 MT coal production mark from captive mines
State-owned NTPC on Monday said it has crossed 100 million tonne (MT) coal production mark from its captive mines. The milestone was achieved on February 25, 2024, NTPC said in a statement. “Coal mining subsidiary NTPC Mining Ltd (NML) has produced 100.04 MMT (Million Metric Tonne) of coal since coal production started in its first […]