A day after four persons died on entering an abandoned underground coal mine in Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh, three more bodies were recovered from the facility on Saturday, a police official said. The four men had entered the mine in Dhanpuri, some 28 kilometres from the district headquarters, allegedly with the intention to collect coal […]
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Greta Thunberg released after brief detention at German mine protest, police say
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released after an identity check, according to police. Thunberg was held while protesting at the opencast coal mine of Garzweiler 2, some 9 km (5.6 miles) […]
Joshimath residents not responsible for calamity; Centre must take steps to protect people: Mamata
Describing the situation in calamity-hit Joshimath as “very dangerous”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Centre must take steps on a war-footing to protect the resident of the tiny hill town in Uttarakhand. Banerjee also said that the Union government should have taken preventive measures long ago, given the fact that […]
India to boost coal imports to cope with harsh weather, freight snags
India’s power utilities will likely boost coal imports this year to cope with surges in demand, made worse over the past year by extreme temperatures, and with freight bottlenecks that are disrupting domestic coal supplies, analysts and officials said. A steady rise in industrial electricity use in recent years has left utilities in India, one […]
Coal India keen on pursuing projects through MDO mode
State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) has issued the letter of acceptance for nine coal mining projects, having a production capacity of around 127 million tonnes, to be operationalised through engagement of mine developers and operators. Another six mining projects are at different stages of implementation. The state-owned coal miner is tracking a “total of 15 […]
India imports coal worth Rs 2.3 lakh crore in April-September FY23
India imported 131.92 million tonne of coal worth Rs 2.3 lakh crore in April-September period of ongoing financial year. In FY22, the country’s coal import of 208.93 million tonne (MT) was worth Rs 2,28,741.8 crore, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said in a reply to the Rajya Sabha. The coal import was 215.25 MT in FY21, […]
Coal import by power sector rises to 39 MT in Apr-Oct : Joshi
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said import of coal by the power sector has increased in ongoing financial year and the sector imported 38.84 million tonne (MT) of the dry fuel in April-October period. “…import of coal by the power sector increased during current financial year of 2022-23. As against the total import of […]
Maharashtra can benefit Rs 5,700 crore from repurposing old coal plants: Report
Repurposing some of Maharashtra’s oldest and most expensive coal plants by using the land and some of the old coal infrastructure for clean energy and grid stability services can deliver Rs 5,700 crore in benefits, according to a.new analysis commissioned by research organisation Climate Risk Horizons. The research, by Dr Gireesh Shrimali, Head of Transition […]
Steel ministry seeks import tax waiver for coking coal
The steel ministry has asked the finance ministry for a waiver of import tax on coking coal among a slew of raw materials, as it scrambles to fill a shortage of steelmaking ingredients, two government sources said on Tuesday. The proposal to scrap levies ranging from 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent in the […]
Jindal wins bid to build Botswana’s 300 MW coal power plant
Botswana has picked India’s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd as the preferred bidder in a tender to build a 300 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant, a notice from its energy ministry showed on Monday. It is the only fossil fuel-based power plant the Southern African country plans to procure in the next 20 years. Four […]
ED summons Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning, appearance set for November 3
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for questioning on Nov. 3 in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal mining in the state, officials said on Wednesday. Soren, 47, has been asked to appear before the federal probe agency at its regional office in state capital Ranchi on Thursday. The […]
India’s coal production rises 12% in September
The country’s coal output rose a 12 per cent to 57.93 million tonnes in September. India’s coal output stood at 51.72 MT in the year-ago period. “During September 2022, CIL (Coal India Ltd), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) and captive mines/others registered a growth of 12.35 per cent, 8.43 per cent and 12.37 per cent […]