NEW DELHI: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has turned to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the hope of speeding up state-level mining clearances for starting production from coal from blocks allotted to its power projects in Chattisgarh where the party is in power. In a letter to the party president last week, Gehlot said the […]
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Coal mining case: CBI seeks Vikas health details from hospitals
Kolkata: Days before Vikas Mishra was asked to appear before the special CBI court in connection with allegations against him in the illegal coal mining case, the central investigating agency sought his health details from hospitals. Mishra, one of the accused who was arrested by the CBI, has to appear in court on December 22. […]
India’s coal demand to top 1 billion tonne in 2022, push net-zero goals further away
NEW DELHI: Coal will remain king in India, pushing net-zero goals further away in spite of the government’s continuous push for renewables, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. According to the IEA’s Coal Report 2021, India’s coal consumption will increase at an average annual rate of 3.9% to 1.18 billion tonne in 2024, on […]
‘Stop auction of SCCL coal blocks’
Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged Prime minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw the decision to put to auction the four coal blocks of Singareni Collieries Company Limited in Telangana. “Any decision to auction the four coal blocks in SCCL will disrupt the coal supply in the region […]
Coal case accused Mishra cites ill-health, skips court hearing
Burdwan: Vikas Mishra, one of the accused in the illegal coal mining case, could not be produced before the special CBI court on Monday due to his health condition. Mishra, who is undergoing liver treatment, is currently at hospital inside the Burdwan Correctional Home. He will be produced before the court on December 22. Mishra, […]
Minerals industry body writes to PMO for resumption of normal coal supplies
Kolkata: With no respite in sight for the continued shortage of coal faced by the non-regulated sector, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi awards) has written to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) requesting resumption of normal coal supplies by Coal India and availability of railway rakes by the Railway Board. In its letter dated […]
Telangana Congress leader urges PM Modi to stop auction of coal blocks in Singareni
HYDERABAD: Telangana Congress president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy on Saturday urged prime minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw its decision to put to auction the four coal blocks of Singareni Collieries Company Limited in Telangana state. The recent decision of the union coal ministry to auction the four coal blocks in Singareni company […]
Coal crisis sparks ‘power struggle’ between 2 Congress-ruled states
NEW DELHI: The coal crisis in the country has sparked a power struggle, literally, between two Congress-ruled states. Rajasthan, which suffered widespread blackouts due to fuel shortage at its power stations in recent months, has knocked at the Centre’s doors, saying the Chhattisgarh government is stalling plans to start two coal blocks and raise production […]
China’s November coal imports at highest in 2021
BEIJING: China’s coal imports hit their highest level of 2021 in November, as the world’s biggest consumer of the dirty fuel scrambled to feed its power system as the winter heating season kicked in. The country brought in 35.05 million tonnes of coal last month, up from 26.94 million tonnes in October, data from the […]
Coal case: ED to grill 4 Majee aides next week
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned four persons next week for questioning in the Bengal illegal coal mining case. All four are said to be close aides of prime accused Anup Majee, alias Lala Jaydeb Mandal, Nirad Mandal, Narayan Nanda and Gurupada Maji were earlier arrested in the same case by the CBI. They […]
CIL draws Rs 20,000 crore rail infra plan to boost supplies
NEW DELHI: Coal India Ltd will invest nearly Rs20,000 crore in rail infrastructure with a view to raising annual transportation capacity by an additional 330 million tonne over the next three years as the world’s largest coal miner chases an annual production target of a billion tonne. In addition to reducing transportation of coal by […]
Coal India claims big cut in carbon emission
Kolkata: Coal India (CIL) has claimed that its efforts to minimise carbon emissions and environmental pollution through implementation of mechanised coal transportation and loading through coal handling plants (CHP)/Silos resulted in significant reduction of carbon-di-oxide emissions and other air pollutants. This was revealed in a first-of-its-kind pilot study sponsored by CIL in two of its […]