State-owned Coal India on Monday said its supply of fossil fuel to the country’s coal-fired electricity generating units increased by six per cent to 23.5 million tonnes in the first half of October, ahead of the festive season. The supply was increased amid a sudden rise in power demand even as unseasonal rains hit the […]
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NCL CMD visits Bina project
Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), a Miniratna company of the Government of India, Bhola Singh visited the Bina project on Thursday. During his visit, the CMD took stock of the operation, production, dispatch and overload removal etc of Bina mine area, haul road, dragline and other machines and gave appropriate […]
NTPC Pakri Barwadih Coal Mining Project gets APEX India Safety Award
NTPC Pakri Barwadih Coal Mining Project has been making significant contributions in community development work for the last many years.Under the community development works, all the basic structures around the project like construction of roads, provision of drinking water, help as per the demand of villagers during festivals and festivals are playing an important role […]
Global coal industry expected to layoff over 4 lakh miners by 2035: Report
The coal industry is expected to shed more than four lakh mining jobs, equivalent to nearly 100 workers per day, by 2035, even without climate pledges or policies to phase out coal, with China and India likely to be the hardest hit, according to a new report. The primary reason will be the market shift […]
Air dips to ‘poor’, Quality panel asks for coal ban
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), on Friday directed authorities in the National Capital Region to enforce a ban on coal usage in hotels and restaurants, and to take punitive measures against polluting industries and thermal power plants as the air quality in Delhi plunged into the “poor” category. This action comes as part […]
NTPC Coal Mining group registers best ever H1 overall operational performance in FY 23-24*
NTPC Limited delivers stellar half yearly performance in FY 2023-24, in producing coal from its four operational captive coal mines i.e Pakri Barwadih & Chatt-Bariatu Coal Mines in Jharkhand, Dulanga Coal Mine in Odisha and Talaipalli Coal Mine in Chhattisgarh. Till date, NTPC has produced about 85+ million metric tonnes (MMT) of coal since inception. […]
Coal ministry, NTPC and NML signs deed of adherence
Deed of Adherence(DOA) was signed by the Ministry of Coal(MOC), NTPC, and NML on 27.09.2023 for Badam, Talaipalli, Chatti Bariatu & Chatti Bariatu (South), Kerandari and Dulanga Coal mines. The signing ceremony was organised at the Ministry of Coal, Conference Hall in the august presence of Shri M. Nagaraju, IAS, Nominated Authority and Additional Secretary, […]
CMPDI forays into Non-Coal Exploration
Central Mine Planning and Design Institute, A Mini Ratna Company and a Subsidiary of Coal India Limited forays in to Non-Coal Exploration and successfully submitted Geological Report of Bauxite Exploration for the project “Preliminary Exploration (G3) of Bauxite in Madua Pat I Bauxite Block, Lohardaga District, Jharkhand” National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET). This project was […]
CCL conducts training for employees of outstanding partners
A fourteen-day “Initial Training for Rescue and Recovery Work in Mines” for the employees of Outsourcing Partners (JMS Mining Private Limited and BGR), of Central Coalfields Limited, under the aegis of Central Coalfields Limited, Mine Rescue Centre, Ramgarh concluded on Tuesday. This initiative by CCL, the first among all subsidiary units of Coal India, is […]
Efforts to phase out inefficient coal, fossil fuel subsidies
G20 countries on Saturday committed to expedite efforts to phase down unabated coal power in line with national circumstances and uphold their 2009 promise made in Pittsburgh to eliminate and rationalise inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. According to the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, the grouping of major economies acknowledged the importance of hastening the development, […]
MCL transportation hit as locals block road
Transportation of coal from the Mahanadi Coalfields in Sundargarh district was affected on Tuesday as locals blocked road demanding completion of the 30 km-long coal corridor from Bankibahal to Bhedabahal. Hundreds of vehicles, including trucks used for coal transportation, remained stranded on both sides of the road due to the incident. Though the work for […]
CIL logs 15.3% supply growth in August’23; output rises 13.2%
Sustaining its production pace, Coal India Limited (CIL) produced 52.3 million tonnes (MTs) of coal in August 2023 registering a strong 13.2% over 46.2 MTs of August 2022. Comparative production for the month surged ahead by 6.1 MTs. Staying on course with the annual asking growth of 11%, till August FY 2024, the state owned […]