Hyderabad: The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) on Friday dismissed as far-fetched the reports that its mining operations would pose a threat to the Ramappa temple with a Unesco world heritage site tag. The Singareni management will not cause any harm to the Ramappa temple and its surroundings and the management is committed to the […]
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Kavitha Vs Seethakka: All major political parties focusing in Singareni elections
ADILABAD: All the major parties — the TRS, the BJP, the Congress and the CPI — are focusing attention on the upcoming elections for the recognised trade union in the Singanreni Collieries Corporation Limited (SSCL). The politically high voltage SCCL elections will cover nearly 30 Assembly and three Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana state. The […]
Coal India gives go-ahead to domestic firm for coal bed methane extraction project
New Delhi: State-owned CIL has given a go-ahead to a domestic firm for a Rs 1,880-crore coal bed methane (CBM) extraction project. The coal behemoth has in the second week of June invited bids from both domestic and overseas companies for two more coal bed methane projects.
Thermal, coking coal imports dip 28% to 46 mn tonnes in Apr-Aug: IPA
Hit by coronavirus-related disruptions, both thermal and coking coal imports at India’s 12 major ports dipped 27.93 per cent to 45.77 million tonnes (MT) in April-August 2020 over the same period a year ago, according to the apex ports’ body IPA. Thermal coal imports dropped 25.42 per cent to 28.93 MT and coking coal shipments […]
38 coal blocks up for auction for commercial mining: Coal Ministry
New Delhi: The Coal Ministry on Thursday said it has revised the list of mines to be auctioned for commercial mining and now 38 blocks would go under the hammer instead of 41 mines announced earlier. The revision in the list includes addition of three blocks Dolesara, Jarekela and Jharpalam-Tangarghat (in Chhattisgarh) and withdrawal of […]
Coal Ministry asks States not to import coal, domestic supply from CIL
New Delhi: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi has written to chief ministers of all states asking them to not import the dry fuel and take domestic supply of fuel from state-owned CIL, which has the fossil fuel in abundance. The development comes at a time when there is a drop in power demand in the country […]
Coal imports rise in November after three months of decline
New Delhi: India’s coal imports in November rose 8.6 per cent from a year earlier to 21.83 million tonnes, government data showed, following three straight months of decline. Imports of thermal coal – used mainly for electricity generation – rose 12.3 per cent from a year ago to 17.65 million tonnes, whereas coking coal shipments […]
Coal mining opened up for all companies
New Delhi: In a bid to attract investments and boost coal production, the government on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to open up the coal mining sector further by allowing non-coal companies to take part in auctions without end-use restrictions. The Centre also gave its nod for concluding auction of iron ore and other […]
Coal allocation by CIL to power sector under e-auction drops 23 pc
New Delhi: State-owned Coal India allocated 16.95 million tonnes (MT) of the dry fuel under special forward e-auction to the power sector in the April-November period of this fiscal, down 22.6 per cent over the year-ago period. Coal India (CIL) had allocated 21.91 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the April-November period of 2018-19, according […]
Over half of India’s coal-fired power plants set to miss emission norm deadline
More than half of India’s coal-fired power plants ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are set to miss the deadline, private industry estimates and a Reuters analysis show, as millions in the country wake up to toxic air each day. Thermal power companies, which produce three-quarters of the country’s electricity, account for some […]
Andhra Pradesh runs out of coal, buzzes Telangana
Vijayawada: Due to severe coal shortage, power utilities have reported a deficit of four million units a day, leading to outages in various parts of the state. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has requested his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao to incre-ase the daily coal supply to nine rakes a day from […]
Coal India output drops 10.3 per cent in August
New Delhi: Coal India (CIL) Sunday said its production in August fell by 10.3 per cent to 34.77 million tonnes. CIL’s production in the same month a year ago stood at 38.78 million tonnes.