Category: Coal

The deadlock, that had stalled the mining activities of Vedanta at its Jamksite in Sundargarh sadar assembly segment due to the stir staged by the affected villagers, ultimately got resolved this week following the hectic parleys and successful talks between the protesters and the Sundargarh district administration as well as the Vedanta authorities. The issue […]

Coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday reviewed the construction of NUPPL, a coal-based super critical thermal power plant, and gave directions to expedite the completion of the project. Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Ltd (NUPPL) is a joint venture of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Ltd — a government of India enterprise — and Uttar Pradesh Rajya […]

Adani Group is offering shipments of coal at a discount, according to people with knowledge of the matter, a sign the embattled conglomerate may be seeking to sell cargoes quickly as its liquidity position comes under increased scrutiny.

New Delhi: Demand for coal is estimated to reach 1,087 million tonne in the ongoing financial year, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. As against the increased coal demand, domestic production of the fossil fuel has also increased. “For the current year 2022-23, coal demand has been assessed by the Ministry (coal) to reach 1,087 MT,” […]

The government has received various representations to merge RINL with SAIL or NMDC, Parliament was informed on Monday. At present, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) has a strength of 4,875 executives and 10,005 non-executive employees, Minister of State (MoS) for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. To a question […]

New Delhi: The country’s coal production target has been fixed at 1,017 million tonnes for the next fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, coal minister Pralhad Joshi said the steps were being taken by the Centre to augment the coal output in the country by engaging mine […]

Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) expects its Australian unit Wollongong Resources, which holds two coal mines and has been a drag on the consolidated financials, to become operationally viable from June this year as the company invests in improving production. The company has no active plans to sell the unit, but it will also not […]

The government has received bids for 32 mines in the technical round of the sixth tranche of commercial coal auction that had offered 133 coal and lignite mines. A total of 86 bids were received against the 32 coal mines, a statement from the government said.

The government directive mandating power producers to increase blending of imported coal to 6 per cent of their requirement until September will add up to Rs 11,000 crore towards power purchase cost for distribution companies, a report said. At the present blending rate of 5.4 per cent applicable this fiscal, the distribution companies or discoms […]

India’s power generators have struggled to rebuild coal stocks so far this winter because consumption is rising faster than the rail network can deliver more fuel from the mines. Fuel stocks are only slightly higher than this time last year, when inadequate coal supplies coupled with higher than normal temperatures in March and April contributed […]

State-owned CIL intends to produce sand using overburden rocks lying at its various coal mines and the operation of five such sand plants is likely to commence by next year, the government said on Friday. Under the ‘overburden (OB) rocks-to-manufactured sand’ initiative, Coal India Ltd (CIL) facilitates processing of waste overburden at its open cast […]

Work is in progress to set up Coal-to-Methanol plants in the country using indigenous technology, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday. BHEL (Hyderabad and Trichy), Thermax, and IIT Delhi are working on the project, the Union minister said while inaugurating the demo run of an Inland Water Vessel […]