India’s coal import increased by 7.8 per cent to 212.11 million tonnes in the April-February period of FY19, a report said. This comes at a time when the government is looking at relaxing the timeline for the 1 billion tonne coal production target it had set earlier for Coal India (CIL), which accounts for over […]
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MCL CMD holds ‘Bhetghat’ with workers
MCL CMD RR Mishra visited remote Garjanbahal OCP of the Basundhara area, Lakhanpur OCP of the Lakhanpur area and Samleshwari OCP of the Ib Valley area under the Ib Coalfields and participated in “Khadan Bhetghat’ with colleague-workers. ‘Khadan Bhetghat’ (get-together) at coal mine projects, which was initiated on Thursday by the CMD, provided a unique […]
Police seize 200 tonnes of illegal mined coal
Police team led by SDM and SDPO Bermo Prem Ranjan and R Ram Kumar respectively on Tuesday night conducted massive raids at Rahawan, a naxal infested area, near Jhumra region of Dumari-Bihar police station, about 35 km from the Bokaro and seized 200 tonnes of illegal mined coal, which was kept inside the buses, said […]
SECL creates new record, produces 150MT coal in 1 FY
The South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) became the first company in India to cross coal production of 150 million tonnes in a financial year. It attained the feat during the financial year 2018-19, a SECL press release said. While achieving the annual coal production record, the company created several new records on day-to-day basis under […]
NTPC’s captive coal output to nearly treble in 2018-19
State-run power giant NTPC is expected to end the current financial year with captive coal production of 7.25 million tonne, up a massive 170 per cent, from 2.68 million tonne in the year-ago period, a company official said. The official said that while output at NTPC’s Pakri Barwadih coal mine at Jharkhand has seen a […]
MCL reemerges to script a new history
The Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day production of the current financial year by mining 7.27 lakh tonnes of coal. The MCL’s consolidated production figure of 7,27,429 tonnes recorded for March 11, 2019 spread as a motivating spirit among the miners across all its units in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Angul and Sambalpur. […]
Six coal smugglers arrested with 5 motorbikes
Police today seized 5 tonnes of illegal coal while conducting a raid at an illegal coal depot at Pipradih under Gomia police station. Six persons were arrested, while other members of the team managed to flee from the spot. Police seized around 5 tonnes of coal with 5 motorbikes, which were stolen by the coal […]
Raise coal royalty to 20%, share 60% energy cess
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal to consider the final recommendation of the Study Group on coal royalty revision and increase the royalty from present 14 per cent to 20 per cent soon. “It is disheartening to learn from youth letter that final recommendation of the Study Group on […]
Mineral Foundation Trust pulls up coal mining company
The going back on the commitment to provide one digital X Ray plant with printer by one coal mining company here in Palamu drew displeasure in the Wednesday meeting of the Palamu district mineral foundation trust held under the chairmanship of DC Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari in his collectorate chamber. Sanjay Singh vice chairman of […]
CCL Director (Personnel) conferred with ‘Pride of HR Professional’ Award
Director (Personnel), CCL, RS Mahapatro, has been awarded with ‘Pride of HR Profession – Public Sector Undertakings’ award for his outstanding contribution in the field of human resource and making difference in the economic growth and prosperity of the nation, during 27th Edition World HRD Congress held at Mumbai from 15th-19th February, 2019. On behalf […]
MCL disturbance: Crisis in NTPC Kaniha worsens
Stoppage of coalmining and dispatch due to external disturbances in the Kaniha project of the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) continued for the tenth day on Wednesday, leading to worsening crisis in NTPC Kaniha in Talcher coalfields. The eight-million-tonne project Kaniha OCP, which is linked to fuel NTPC Kaniha, was stopped by the villagers of Pathermunda […]
Coal India gets Sebi exemption for share buy back programme
Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday exempted State-owned Coal India from complying with regulations with regard to its proposed buyback programme for 4.46 crore shares. Coal India had filed an application on February 12 with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) seeking exemption from the strict enforcement of the buyback norms. The application has […]