Category: Coal

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 […]

The West Bengal government will float a global tender seeking Expression of Interest for a Mine Developer and Operator (MDO) for the Deocha Pachami coal block, Power Minister Aroop Biswas said on Friday. The coal block in Birbhum district could see a peak investment of Rs 35,000 crore. This block is considered the world’s second-largest […]

M. Nagaraju, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, on Wednesday, emphasized the critical role of coal gasification in enhancing India’s energy security and advancing towards a self-reliant nation. Speaking at a roadshow organized by the Ministry of Coal in Mumbai to promote coal/lignite gasification projects, Nagaraju highlighted the government’s commitment to diversifying the use of coal, […]

Coal India Limited (CIL) and Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL), under the Ministry of Coal, have achieved 95.83% of their capital expenditure (capex) target for the fiscal year 2023-24, with an investment of ₹20,153 crore out of the targeted ₹21,030 crore as of January 2024. The performance aligns with the trend of surpassing capex […]

The coal ministry will on Wednesday hold another roadshow in a bid to push coal gasification projects. The roadshow will be held in Mumbai. “After a successful and enthusiastically concluded industry interaction on February 16, 2024, in Hyderabad, focusing on the scheme for promotion of coal/lignite gasification projects, Ministry of Coal…is poised to conduct another […]

Emphasising the importance of coal and lignite gasification projects in India’s energy transition, Union Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena on Friday said the union government intends to take up these projects on very high priority. Meena addressed an industry interaction meeting organised by the Ministry of Coal here, on ways to promote coal, and lignite […]

The one-day national strike on Friday on the call of a joint platform of Central Trade Unions at Coal India Ltd (CIL) and its subsidiaries has been successful, a trade union leader said. Nathulal Pandey, president of HMS-affiliated Hind Khadan Mazdoor Federation said, “We have joined (the strike) because of the call given by the […]

Indicating sufficient coal availability in the market, the National Coal Index (NCI) declined 4.75 per cent in December. The NCI was at 155.44 points in December 2022, the coal ministry said in a statement on Thursday. This decline shows a strong supply of coal in the market, with sufficient availability to meet the rising demand. […]

State-run Coal India plans to start operations at five new mines and expand capacity of at least 16 existing ones to address growing demand for the fuel, its chairman told Reuters on Wednesday. India has increasingly relied on coal to address record power demand in recent months, with the rise in coal-fired power output outpacing […]

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has set a target of producing 2.3 lakh tonnes of coal every day for the next 60 days to meet the power requirements of the country. SCCL chairman and managing director N Balaram held a meeting with officials here on Friday where he directed the staff to work to […]

India is set to launch a carbon capture policy that it says will allow it to keep exploiting its vast coal resources and deal with its growing emissions, according to to a top government energy adviser. The policy is expected to be unveiled later this year – should Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government retain power […]

Interim Budget: Coal gasification and liquefaction of 100 metric tonne will be set up by 2030, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. In January, the government approved an outlay of Rs 8,500 crore as financial assistance for promoting coal, lignite gasification projects. The government has also approved setting up of a coal-to-SNG (Synthetic Natural […]