NEW DELHI: State-owned coal major Coal India reported a 65 per cent growth in capital expenditure year-on-year during the April-June quarter of FY23 in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Monday.
Category: Coal
TANGEDCO to buy 5.9 MT coal annually from Telangana’s Singareni Collieries
CHENNAI To meet the coal requirement of TANGEDCO’s upcoming thermal projects, the corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telangana-based Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) to procure 5.913 metric tonnes of coal annually. As per the agreement, the State-owned power utility will excavate coal over the next 25 years.
Odisha’s Serajuddin and Co mined 14.7 lakh tonnes of manganese ore illegally: ED
BHUBANESWAR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation has said that Serajuddin and Co extracted manganese ore illegally from Guruda mines to the tune of 14.73 lakh tonne from the forest area without de-reservation proposal’s approval.The agency on Saturday freezed Rs 8.52 crore from the bank accounts of Yazdani International private limited and its directors/promoters Seraj Yusha […]
MCL ends Q1 on a high note, clocks 35 per cent growth
ANGUL: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has ended Q1 of financial year 2022-23 on a high note, posting a massive growth of 35.4 per cent in coal production along with double digit growth in coal despatch and overburden removal (OBR) as against the same period previous year.
Five coal mine pit lakes of four States in Ramsar list
BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Coal has requested the Environment Ministry for inclusion of five coal mine pit lakes in four coal bearing States including Odisha in Ramsar List.The suitability of coal mine pit lakes for inclusion in Ramsar List was discussed with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the nodal Ministry for […]
Domestic coal production goes up by 28 per cent as of June 16
NEW DELHI: After a record-breaking coal production of 777 million tonnes (MT) in 2021-22, domestic coal production continues to witness an increasing trend in the current financial year as well.
Use of coal as fuel in Delhi-NCR to be phased out by year-end
NEW DELHI: The usage of coal as fuel in Delhi-NCR is to be phased out completely from January 1, 2023. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for NCR and adjoining states has issued directions to this effect. It instructed to ban the use of coal in industrial, domestic and other areas across the Delhi-NCR […]
India to ramp up coal output to reduce dependence on imports: Moody’s Investors Service
NEW DELHI: Large coal-importing nations, including India, will look to ramp up the output of domestic coal to strengthen energy security and lessen dependence on the import of fossil fuels, Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday.
Government plans to monetise assets worth Rs 75,220 crore in coal mining sector in FY 2022-23
NEW DELHI: The government plans to monetise assets worth Rs 75,220 crore in the coal mining sector in the current financial year.
Coal India begins process to open 20 closed mines to private players
RAIPUR: The Coal India Limited (CIL), a Maharatna company, has begun the process to make available its closed underground mines to private players for operations through allocation under the Mine Developer-cum-Operator contract and profit-sharing model.
Anti-mining activists hold rally at Permanji
BHAWANIPATNA: Members of the Khandual Mali Surakhya Samiti organized a rally at Permanji to mark the occasion of Environment Day on Sunday. Activists like Medha Patkar, Prafulla Samantrai, Lingaraj Ajad and Lado Sikaka of Niyamgiri Surakhaya Samiti, who attended the meeting, opposed the proposed bauxite mining in Khandual Mali in the district.
Centre mulls multi-modal connectivity projects in Odisha for coal transportation
BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Coal has successfully mapped four railway projects in the PM Gati Shakti – Nation Master Plan portal under “High Impact” projects in Odisha and Jharkhand to develop multi-modal connectivity for faster evacuation of coal.