CIL, the world’s largest coal miner, on Tuesday said coal production rose 7.7 per cent in April and supplies to users shot up just as summer began. In a statement, Coal India Ltd (CIL) said it logged an impressive 31 per cent growth in overburden removal (OBR) in April compared to the same month a […]
Category: Coal
Admin ready to take strict action on coal and stone mafias
The Hazaribag administration has decided to take strict action on the coal and stone mafia to curb regular smuggling of coal to other states. This was discussed in the monthly review meeting of the district mining task force in the seminar hall of the deputy commissioner. In the review meeting the DC said that the […]
CIL CSR Conference 2023 kicks off at Central Coalfields Limited
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Conference 2023, which is being organized by Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) under the aegis of Coal India Limited (CIL), commenced at CCL HQ, Ranchi on Wednesday. The two-day CIL Conference is being organized on the theme of “Re -Engineering” CSR. Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Amrit Lal Meena and Chairman CIL, Pramod […]
NTPC sponsored CIPET’s youth skill development training concludes with 100 % placement
Under CSR, NTPC Coal Mining took up an initiative to sponsor 80 youths including 4 girls from all coal mining project areas & its vicinity from the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh for skill development training in two courses Machine Operator Injection Moulding and Machine Operator Plastic Processing. The courses were carried out in […]
CIL coking coal output grows 17% to 56.6 MT in FY23
The production of coking coal by Coal India Ltd (CIL) rose by 17.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 54.6 million tonnes (MT) in 2022-23. The state-owned miner had produced 46.6 MT coking coal during the preceding 2021-22 fiscal, it said in a statement. “The quantum leap was a whopping 8 MT. This assumes significance at […]
Coal India boosts coking coal output, production up 17%
Coal India Ltd, the world’s largest coal miner, on Thursday reported a 17.2 per cent rise in production of coking coal, helping cut on imports of the fuel that is an essential input for production of iron and steel. In a statement, Coal India said coking coal production has risen to 54.6 million tonnes in […]
Govt developing portal to expedite clearances for newly allocated blocks: Coal Secretary Meena
The government is in the process of developing a portal for monitoring and expediting clearances for newly allocated coal blocks, Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena said on Wednesday. The secretary along with Additional Coal Secretary and Nominated Authority M Nagaraju held an interaction with the representatives of captive and commercial coal block allottees to discuss […]
NTPC coal output rises 65% to 23 mn tones
State-owned power giant NTPC on Sunday said its captive coal mines have registered 65 per cent year-on-year production growth to over 23 million tonnes in FY23. NTPC Ltd has recorded a coal production of 23.2 million tonnes in FY23, witnessing a 65 per cent growth against 14.02 million tonnes a year ago from its four […]
NTPC Kerandari coal mine inaugurated, to produce 60 lakh tonnes annually
The mining work of NTPC Kerandari Coal Mining Project was successfully inaugurated on Wednesday in the presence of Chief Guest Senior Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chothe and Regional Executive Director of NTPC Partha Mazumder. Coal mining work in NTPC Keredari will be done by opencast mining technique. The mine will have a peak production […]
Centre’s move to auction coal blocks in Cauvery Delta triggers protests
The Union Government’s move to auction coal blocks in Cauvery Delta spread across the districts of Thanjavur, Cuddalore and Ariyalur has led to widespread protests and resentment from farmers, businessmen and industrialists in Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery Delta region is known as the Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu and any move to explore, drill or […]
CIL notifies meeting of JBCCI for April 18
The Coal India Limited ( CIL) has notified the ninth meeting of JBCCI -XI scheduled on April 18 at its headquarters for further discussions on wages of coal miners. The most interesting part is that the Congress labour wing the INTUC gets entry in the JBCCI after a gap of seven years. The INTUC was […]
Coal India crosses FY23 production target of 700 MT
State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Friday said it has crossed the annual coal production target of 700 million tonne (MT) in 2022-23. As of Thursday, March 30, the company produced 700.4 MT of coal, up 13 per cent over 619.8 MT on the same date a year ago, the miner said in a statement. […]