Indonesia has banned coal exports in January because of concerns that low supplies at domestic power plants could lead to widespread blackouts, a senior official at the energy ministry said on Saturday. The Southeast Asian country is the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, exporting around 400 million tonnes in 2020. Its biggest customers are […]
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Jharia: Governor pays visit to BCCL mine
State Governor, Ramesh Bais who was in Dhanbad on Friday on a persoanl visit, also reached the Ena fire project, an open cast mine of Bharat Coking Coal Limited in Jharia and witnessed the mining operation in the colliery. He later inaugurated three Haulpak Machines, off highway mining truck being used in mining activity in […]
CIL plans Rs 19650 crore investment in rail
State-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) plans to invest Rs 19,650 crore by FY2023-24 to increase coal transportation capacity by 330 million tonnes (mt) by constructing rail links and setting up joint ventures. Coal India is funding the construction of three railway lines in its Central Coalfields and Mahanadi Coalfields at an estimated capital of Rs […]
Miracle sets in: Four trapped miners rescue themselves out of Parbatpur Colliery
It was celebration time for family members of the four miners from Tilatand village of Amalabad area of Bokaro who were lying trapped in a closed Parbatpur Colliery of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Chandankiyari block of Bokaro since Friday (November 26). In what could be termed as a miraculous escape, the trapped finally […]
Four persons feared trapped in Jharkhand coal mine
Four persons, including a woman, are feared trapped in an abandoned coal mine for the past two days, with the local police having failed to trace them, a senior police officer said. A team of NDRF personnel will carry out search and rescue operations at the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) mine in Chandankiyari block […]
Govt assigns 2 officials to handhold Deocha-Pachami mining project
The state government has posted two officers in Birbhum, including one in the rank of additional district magistrate, to solely look after proceedings related to the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine project in the district. Officials said the decision to appoint these officials for the project showed how keen the government was to start it without […]
Bengal to gauge response before starting Deocha-Pachami project
The state government will wait for a month before it starts any work on the ground for the Deocha-Pachami coal mining project so as to feel the pulse of local people on the Rs 10,000-crore rehabilitation package that was announced on Tuesday. The decision was taken to ensure that the 21,000-odd people, who will be […]
Coal crisis for powerhouses finally set to end
The coal crisis being faced by powerhouses this year is finally set to be over courtesy the record coal production and dispatch from different mines of Coal India Limited subsidiaries, including the Jharkhand based mines of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) since the last ten days. […]
Coal secretary smug on domestic production
The current crisis has shown that domestic coal production can easily fulfil thermal power requirements of the country, Union coal secretary Anil Kumar Jain said on Tuesday. Addressing the inaugural session of the third Jharkhand Mining Conclave organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at a hotel in Ranchi on Tuesday, Jain provided statistics […]
Coal-hit, power crisis cripples Adityapur industry hub
Production has been adversely affected at over 700 units at Adityapur Industrial Area near here due to the ongoing power crisis with most compelled to run their factories for barely four hours a day. Adityapur Small Industries Association (ASIA) president Santosh Khetan said the entrepreneurs have been dealing with the crisis for the past fortnight […]
Dhanbad coal roof collapse at abandoned mine site injures 4
The coal roof of an abandoned mining patch of a BCCL outsourced company in Katras collapsed on Monday injuring four miners. The miners were rescued by their family members and admitted to different private hospitals. The incident took place three days after a crater developed in the backyard of a government primary school in Kuhunka […]
Nalco granted mining lease of Utkal-E coal block
The National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), the Navratna CPSE (Central Public Sector Enterprises), and leading producer of alumina and aluminium in the country has been granted the mining lease of Utkal-E coal block. The lease has been granted by the Odisha government through a notification issued on April 12, Nalco said in a press release […]