Category: Coal

Coal India Chairman Pramod Agrawal on Monday said there is a “strong case” for increasing coal prices, and the hike could be effected “very soon” as discussions are underway with stakeholders. Agrawal also said he is confident the mining behemoth will achieve its production target of 1 billion tonnes by 2025-26. “There is a strong […]

State-owned power giant NTPC has commissioned first-of-its-kind commercial green coal project in Varanasi, which will make torrefied charcoal from municipal waste. Nearly three years ago NTPC had planned to make green coal (torrefied charcoal) from municipal waste, a company statement said. NTPC’s arm NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVNL) had awarded the project on an […]

Australian High Commissioner Barry O’Farrell on Monday said the Adani Group has successful businesses and continues to be the largest investor from India in Australia. Interacting with reporters here, O’Farrell said the impact of the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group is a matter for India’s regulators and that there have been no reports about […]

A day after alleging a coal mining “scam” by Adani Enterprises Limited, the AAP on Saturday claimed the Union power ministry had last year called for a probe into the alleged diversion of coal extracted by the company from Chhattisgarh to one of its power plants in the name of washery rejects. Addressing a press […]

The AAP on Friday alleged a “scam” in the mining and delivery of coal by Adani Enterprise Limited in Chhattisgarh in a joint venture with the Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, and demanded a probe by central agencies. Addressing a press conference, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Sanjay Singh claimed that Adani Enterprise Limited […]

A full emergency was declared at the International Airport here on Friday after a Dammam-bound flight from Calicut was diverted to the state capital due to suspected hydraulic failure. The fight landed at the airport at 12.15 PM, according to airport sources. The sources said the tail part of the Air-India Express IX 385, carrying […]

At least two people were killed and more than 50 are missing, Chinese state media reported, after an apparent collapse at a coal mine in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday. State broadcaster CCTV said a collapse occurred at a mine in the western part of the Alxa League region at around 1 pm […]

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday called the Enforcement Directorate’s raids at the premises of Congress leaders in the state a “politically motivated” move and claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party was afraid of the Congress and misusing central agencies to crush the voices of political opponents. Their intention is to impact the Congress’s upcoming […]

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh, including at premises linked to Congress party leaders, as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged coal levy money laundering case, officials said. The raids come days before the three-day plenary session of the Congress party from February 24-26 in the state […]

The Enforcement Directorate on February 20 conducted searches at more than a dozen locations in Chhattisgarh in a mining case. The places searched include residential and office premises of various Congress leaders, as per report.

A tip-off led police officer Indradeo Rajwar into the Nimiya Tola forests of Hazaribagh, in eastern India, hot on the trail of two men on a motorcycle carrying stolen coal. As Rajwar closed in, the men dumped 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) of the dirty fossil fuel and escaped. Rajwar’s report on the incident in Jharkhand […]

India’s coal sector is likely to grow at 6-7 per cent per year to reach production level of 1.5 billion tonne by 2030 and this rise in output is expected to replace imports and increase exports, the Economic Survey said on Tuesday. There has also been constant efforts to improve system capacity utilisation from about […]