Category: Coal

India’s coal output increased by 15.10 per cent to 784.41 million tonnes (MT) during April-February period of the ongoing fiscal. The country’s coal output was at 681.5 MT in the year-ago period, as per provisional figures of the coal ministry. Coal India Ltd, which accounts for over 80 per cent of coal output, produced 619.70 […]

Coal India Ltd has posted a 14.3% year-on-year increase in production till February in the ongoing financial year at 619.7 million tonnes, in line with the target set by the company. “With a quantum gain of 77.3 million tonnes CIL is well on its way to breach the production target of 700 MTs of FY23,” […]

The coal ministry is expected to launch the seventh round of commercial coal mines auction in the second half of March with “more than 82” mines on offer, a senior government official told ET. The mines to be put up for auction in this round will include 25 new ones which are in the process […]

The Adani Group has begun discussions with global credit funds to raise up to $400 million in debt against assets of a key coal port that makes up a large portion of the conglomerate’s Australian exports of the solid fossil fuel from the controversial Carmichael mine, sources aware of the fund-raising told ET.

New Delhi: Most of the 10 coking coal blocks that have been auctioned to the private sector in the last two years are likely to start production by 2025, according to the Coal Ministry. To augment the output of raw coking coal, a key input in the production of iron and steel, in the country, […]

The Adani Group has begun discussions with global credit funds to raise up to $400 million in debt against assets of a key coal port that makes up a large portion of the conglomerate’s Australian exports of the solid fossil fuel from the controversial Carmichael mine, sources aware of the fund-raising told ET.

India is unlikely to sign a deal with richer nations this year for a just energy transition, as international funding rests on India committing to a timeline to phase out coal, an “unviable” proposition for the country, energy analysts said.

The coal ministry on Wednesday said that 27 coal mines would be put on sale in the next round of commercial mines auction starting from February 27. The auction process for 141 coal and lignite mines was launched by the coal ministry in November last year.

State-owned Coal India on Tuesday said that fatalities and fatal accidents of its workmen came down to a record low in the calendar year 2022 to twenty deaths. Fatalities hit an all-time low in 2022, falling by nearly 31% compared to 29 recorded in 2021. Fatal accidents came down to 18 in 2022 from 27 […]

An association of producers and suppliers of metallurgical coke has sought imposition of a 30 per cent anti-dumping duty on met coke to protect the local industry from cheap imports. The Indian Metallurgical Coke Manufacturers Association (IMCOM) stated that there is a dire need to protect the domestic industry with adequate policy measures as India […]

Coal India arm NCL on Thursday said that it is eyeing the removal of 410 million cubic metres (MCuM) of overburden (OB) material from its various coal mines in the current fiscal. OB is the rock material which needs to be removed for faster extraction of coal. Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has so far removed […]

Mining at Jamkani coal mines in Odisha’s Sundargarh district has started as issues related to compensation for affected families for the project, have been resolved, an official said on Saturday. The issues were resolved through discussion among the local people, the district administration and officials of Vedanta which has been allocated the coal mines, he […]