CHENNAI: Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday announced that all three blocks in Tamil Nadu, proposed to be auctioned for coal mining, would be exempted. Pralhad Joshi, who took to twitter, said the decision to exempt Tamil Nadu was taken for the welfare of the people of Tamil Nadu. “BJP Tamil Nadu president K […]
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NTPC coal output rises 65% to 23 million tonnes
NEW DELHI: State-owned power giant NTPC on Sunday said its captive coal mines have registered 65 per cent year-on-year production growth to over 23 million tonnes in FY23. NTPC Ltd has recorded a coal production of 23.2 million tonnes in FY23, witnessing a 65 per cent growth against 14.02 million tonnes a year ago from […]
CIL sees 610 MT coal supply to discoms in FY24
Kolkata: Coal India’s (CIL) supply to power sector is pegged at 610 million tonne (MT) to meet the demand of coal-fired plants in 2023-24. This is 23.4 MT more or 4 % higher than the record ever 586.6 MT that CIL had supplied to power plants in FY’23. CIL’s apportioned quantity accounts for a little […]
Coal India crosses FY23 production target of 700 MT
NEW DELHI: State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Friday said it has crossed the annual coal production target of 700 million tonne (MT) in 2022-23. As of Thursday, March 30, the company produced 700.4 MT of coal, up 13 per cent over 619.8 MT on the same date a year ago, the miner said in […]
CIL tops target 1st time in 17 years, NTPC posts record 400 BU output
NEW DELHI: State-run Coal India Ltd topped annual production target for the first time in 17 years in 2022-23 on the back of a 13% year-on-year increase in output that facilitated the country’s largest power producer NTPC to score a record 10.8% growth in generation to underline a healthy uptick in economic activities during the […]
Govt offers 106 coal blocks in seventh auction
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday put 106 more coal acreages on the block in a move that defence minister Rajnath Singh, while launching the seventh auction round, described as an element in India’s march towards achieving energy security. Agreements with the winners of 28 blocks auctioned in the sixth auction round were also signed. […]
Coal case: ED summons Moloy to Delhi
Kolkata: ED has summoned state law minister Moloy Ghatak to the agency headquarters in Delhi on March 29 in connection with alleged coal pilferage from Eastern Coalfields Ltd mines in Asansol. This is the second summons issued in the case to the minister, who had skipped questioning on September 14 last year. Trinamool general secretary […]
Four feared dead in Dhanbad illegal mine collapse
DHANBAD: Four persons are feared killed and over half a dozen injured when a wall caved in during illegal mining at West Modidih colliery of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL) under Tetulmari police station limits of the district on early Thursday morning. The site of incident is near the area that has been given to […]
CIL chief sees ‘strong case’ for coal price hike
Kolkata: Coal India has indicated there is a “strong case” for increasing coal prices “very soon” as talks are already under way with stakeholders. “There is a strong case for increasing coal prices, as that has not happened in the last five-odd years. This year, the wage negotiation has taken place as well, which will […]
Year-end deadlines for coal-based plants to use biomass
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s Commission on Air Quality Management (CAQM) has said that coal-based power plants must target 5% co-firing of biomass and straw pellets by September 30 this year and increase the target to 10% by December 2023. “Initiate immediate steps to co-fire biomass-based pellets (with focus on paddy straw utilisation) with coal through […]
CIL to meet power unit target
Kolkata: Coal India (CIL), the state-owned coal mining behemoth, is confident of meeting the enhanced coal supply target of 610 million tonne (MT) to power sector in 2023-24. The target is 20 MT more than the initially projected 590 MT requirement of the power sector. The Maharatna company has stated that it is optimistic of […]
Coal India ready to meet dry fuel demand from power sector
NEW DELHI: Amid early onset of summer and a pick-up in industrial demand for electricity, state-owned CIL on Tuesday said it is geared up to meet the demand of dry fuel from the power sector. The public sector coal producer also expressed hope to supply 156 million tonnes of coal to the power sector during […]