Counter affidavit on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in OA No 580 of 2022 Mukesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others. The report dated May 13, 2025 related to the Khadia Opencast Coal Mine Expansion Project located in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, and …
Pvt Cos Could Help Reduce Dependence On Imports By Bridging Demand-Output Shortfall Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government plans to throw open commercial coal mining activities in the country by allowing private companies to form joint ventures with public sector firms such as Coal India, NTPC and the mineral development …
Govt Allots Coal Blocks To Navin Jindal-Led Co, Tata-Sasol JV; $18-B Projects To Convert Coal Into Oil, Fertilisers Subhash Narayan & Pramugdha Mamgain NEW DELHI THE country
Dhanbad, March 2: A holiday in the grimy coal belt? You sure shudder at the thought today. But your choice might just change tomorrow when the Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), in association with the state tourism department, turns the hitherto uninviting land into a desired destination. The BCCL has …
Dhanbad, March 1: Union minister of state for coal Santosh Bagrodia today said that the Jharia coalfield was sitting on an atom bomb. He was referring to the inferno raging underneath. The minister, who was in the district to inaugurate the statue of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi at …
SUMAN K. SHRIVASTAVA Clearing hurdles Ranchi, March 1: The environment appraisal committee of the Union ministry of environment and forests today accepted that the coal industry needed fast green clearance to increase production and meet growing demands. But changes are needed in the environmental laws, it observed. The 15-member committee, …
China's rapid economic growth has been causing shortage of water resources in the North China and also has been leading to shortage of power in the coastal areas of East China. Therefore it began to execute the water right transfer policy from the agricultural sector to the power generation industry. …
The ability of weathered coal to remove Cr(VI), Hg(VI), Hg(II), Cu(II) and Fe(II) from aqueous solution by adsorption was studied. In this work, adsorption of heavy metals on weathered coal has been studied by using batch techniques.
Differences in foliage tissue concentration of elements were assessed for Prosopis juliflora, Calotropis gigantia and Ipomoea fistulosa growing on abandoned fly ash and a control soil. In general, plants from the fly ash exhibited reduced concentrations of N, K, Ca, Mg, S and Mn while elevated trace element concentration in …
This report focuses on the impact of the evolution of the world oil price on the cost of future GHG mitigation measures. Projections of the cost of mitigation policies are a key input for national and international negotiations on future mitigation of GHG emissions among public policy makers and other …
Mountaintop mining (MTM) is a surface mining technique that is used to safely and efficiently extract coal reserves near the surface in the steep terrain conditions characteristic of Central Appalachia. During MTM, multiple coal seams are uncovered by removing the overburden and interburden (the rock situated above and between seams), …
PROJECTS in states with coal mines may be given preferential treatment in allocation of coal blocks as the government looks to push growth in coal-rich states that remain economically backward. The new policy, which forms part of the proposal to allow competitive bidding for coal blocks, may allow companies that …
Indrani Dutta These mines fuel a capacity of 11,000 MW across five States KOLKATA: Power crisis is looming over large parts of the country, especially in the western region from March 1, if Coal India Ltd. (CIL) shuts down two of its biggest mines, which fuel a capacity of 11,000 …
Shariq Majeed Tribune News Service Rajouri, February 23 A well-knit forest mafia is working closely with some officials of the forest department, who are allegedly felling down dozens of Chir ( forest tree), in Mayardi village near here. This is what locals here say. They believe the forest mafia comprises …
State Congress chief spokesman Manak Agarwal stated that prior to blaming Central government for shortage of coal Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should do introspection and reason out that due to which temptation he has given two mammoth coal mines to JP Associates and Amabani Group on lease. He asked …
