Kolkata: Coal India (CIL) CMD Pramod Agrawal has appealed to the striking workmen of the company to resume their duties. “Considering the Covid situation in the country and the international scenario, Coal India’s role assumes all the more importance and I earnestly appeal to you to resume your duties in the larger interest of the […]
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Coal India not to give away any block for commercial mining
Kolkata: Coal India (CIL) chairman Pramod Agarwal on Thursday confirmed that there should be no cause of concern as there was no proposal to give away any coal block of the PSU giant for commercial mining. The Maharatna company has sufficient number of coal blocks with abundant resource capacity to continue as a commercially viable […]
Stir against coal mine privatisation
Hyderabad: Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) will stage protests at all the mines of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in the state on June 26, in opposition to privatisation of coal mines. The workers will also observe 24-hour strike on July 2. In a statement, TBGKS honorary president and former MP K Kavitha found […]
Stop coal block auction to save tigers: Aaditya
Nagpur: Maharashtra environment minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday opposed auctioning of proposed coal blocks in Bander, near Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). TOI had first reported about the auctioning of blocks around 9km from TATR. Former Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh had on June 19 drew the attention of Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar against the […]
PM Modi says business activity nearing pre-Covid levels, kicks off coal block auction for commercial mining
NEW DELHI: Business activity in India is normalising with consumption and demand rapidly approaching the pre-Covid levels, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while launching the first-ever auction of coal mines for commercial mining on Thursday. “The auction is taking place at a time when business activity in India is normalizing rapidly. Consumption and demand are […]
Centre opens coal mining to private sector: Full text of PM Modi’s speech
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday officially launched the auction of 41 coal mines with an annual production capacity that is nearly one third of national total output. At an opening up of mining to the private sector titled “Unleashing Coal”, PM Modi said he wanted the country, with the world’s fourth largest […]
PM Modi to launch auction for commercial coal mining next week
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on June 18 launch the auction of coal mines for commercial mining at an event here via video conferencing. The launch of auction will be with the theme “Unleashing coal: New hopes for Aatmanirbhar Bharat”, the coal ministry said in a statement. “We are launching first-ever commercial coal […]
Coal block auction for commercial mining from June 18
NEW DELHI: The government will begin auctioning coal blocks for commercial mining from June 18, a move that will finally free the sector from government controls, unlock its potential to substitute imports and fuel growth. “We are launching first-ever commercial coal auctions in country on 18 th June. Event will be graced by PM @NarendraModiji. […]
Coal India seeks rly tariff relief for logistics
Kolkata: Amid mounting concern over fall in coal despatches owing to Covid-19-led demand slump, Coal India (CIL) has sought the government’s consideration for lower or discounted railway tariff for transportation of domestic coal booked by consumers that will facilitate import substitution. CIL is primarily tapping domestic coal-based power plants and non-power sector consumers who are […]
WCL targets 100 MT coal production by FY27: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Coal India arm Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) has set an ambitious target of 100 million tonnes (MT) production by 2026-27 and plans to set up 20 more mines in the next four years, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday. Inaugurating three mines of WCL through video conferencing, the road transport, highways and […]
CCL first off with coal infra projects worth Rs 1,200 crore
NEW DELHI: Within days of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing Rs 50,000 crore investment in coal infrastructure as part of an economic stimulus, Central Coalfields Ltd has become the first miner to bid out projects worth Rs 1,200 crore for automation of coal handling operations in four of its largest mines. The projects will cover […]
Coal India extended time limit for payment by customers
Kolkata: Coal India (CIL) has further extended the time limit for payment of coal, booked by its customers, by two more weeks till April 21 2020 from April 7, 2020 announced earlier. The move comes amid a slew of measures that the Maharatna coal major has introduced to lessen the burden of its customers in […]