Category: Coal

Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc on Thursday said it has become the third largest producer of silver globally. As per a survey, its Sindesar Khurd Mine in Rajasthan now stands as the world’s second largest silver-producing mine, moving up from last year’s fourth spot, the company said in a statement. Silver plays a pivotal role […]

Chennai: Industrial production has been impacted by high energy prices in India and this could weigh on economic growth of the country. Natural gas and coal prices are expected to remain at high levels through the start of 2022, finds the World Bank. Industrial production in China and India has been negatively impacted by electricity […]

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 […]

Kolkata: Coal IndiaNSE -0.98 % must add 22,000 jobs and acquire more land to help achieve the set output target of a billion tonnes of the solid fuel, government estimates showed. The state-owned miner needs to acquire 37,272 hectares of land in the next four years, and the exercise may affect 42,537 families in about […]

New Delhi: The government on Monday said it has begun the process of auction of 27 coal mines and allotment of 15 blocks to public sector undertakings. “The Ministry of Coal has started the process of auction of 27 coal mines and allotment of 15 coal mines to central PSU and state PSUs (public sector […]

Bhubaneshwar: Four workers are feared dead and nine have been injured in a landslide at a Coal India Ltd mine in Odisha, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. India is one of the most dangerous countries to be a coal miner, with one worker dying every seven days on average in 2018 in mines operated […]