Category: Coal

At least 28 people were killed and over 23 are still missing after a fire erupted in a coal mine in Kazakhstan on Saturday, reported Al Jazeera, citing the Ministry for Emergency Situations. The Kazakhstan coal mine was operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, which is the local representative for Luxembourg-based multinational ArcelorMittal, the world’s second-largest steel […]

The coal ministry on Saturday said it has requested the Department of Financial Services (DFS) to consider classifying coal under infrastructure sector, a move which will ensure financing of commercial coal mines. This reclassification would allow banks and financial institutions to formulate policies more effectively to meet the increasing requirements of the coal sector in […]

India has asked utilities to import 6% of their coal requirement until March, due to rising power demand and inadequate supply of domestic coal, the power ministry said. Worries have mounted over shrinking coal stocks at power plants, where inventories fell the fastest in two years during the first half of October. In a letter […]

The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) on Thursday demanded withdrawal of the power ministry’s order extending coal imports till June 30, 2024, saying there is no shortage of the dry fuel in the country. In an October 23 notification, the government asked imported coal-based power plants to operate at full capacity until June 30, […]

The Centre has extended two mandates, which are aimed at increasing coal imports into the country. In two separate notices, the Union power ministry has directed imported coal-based (ICB) units to run till June 2024 and all power generating companies to import coal up to 6 per cent of their requirements till March 2024. The […]

India has extended by eight months the operation of power plants using imported coal, as high consumption and poor supply deplete domestic stocks of the fuel, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters. The order invoked emergency powers in asking such plants, with a capacity of nearly 17 gigawatts, to operate so as to […]

The coal ministry on Tuesday said a revenue of Rs 28.79 crore has been generated by disposing of scrap as part of a special campaign. An area of approximately 50,59,012 sq ft has been freed so far via scrap disposal, the coal ministry said in a statement. A total of 1,08,469 physical files have been […]

The country’s largest coal producing company South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) is leading among all subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL) in cleanliness and scrap disposal. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances had announced Special Campaign 3.0 from October 2 to October 31 this year for the same. The Chhattisgarh-based arm of CIL […]

As many as 86 thermal power plants in the country, including six imported dry fuel-based, had critical coal stock levels as of October 18, according to a Central Electricity Authority (CEA) report. The power plants are labelled as having a critical coal stock situation, where the dry fuel is less than 25 per cent of […]

Domestic coal companies including state owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) and privately owned captive and commercial mines have cumulatively supplied 500 million tonne (MT) of coal till yet in the current financial year, said a statement by the ministry of coal. “During the Financial Year 2023-24, the coal ministry has set a target to produce […]

The country spent more than Rs 3.85 lakh crore on coal imports last year, the government said on Thursday. Though the share of coal import in total consumption came down from 26 per cent to 21 per cent in the last five years, India is importing more than 200 million tonnes (MT) of dry fuel […]

The coal ministry on Thursday said the dispatch of coal is likely to exceed one billion tonnes in the current financial year. The coal ministry has set a target to produce and dispatch 1,012 million tonnes (MT) of coal to consumers during the ongoing fiscal. “During the second half of the year, the rate of […]