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 …
Seeking to secure supply of coal for its upcoming future projects to meet the energy targets, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), has decided to hunt for coal blocks in South Africa, Mozambique and Indonesia. NTPC's aggressive posture for securing fuel supplies comes close on the heels of its competitors in …
Mega expansion work planned at Carborough Downs, starting later this month. As part of its efforts to ensure raw material security, Tata Steel along with Brazilian mining giant Vale and other joint venture partners, is undertaking a massive expansion of the Carborough Downs coal mine near Moranbah in Central Queensland, …
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and Damodar Valley Corporation may come together to form a joint venture for buying coal mines abroad, a senior company executive from the state-owned power sector lender said today. "We have got a proposal from DVC for a joint venture to buy coal mines abroad. It …
The Sierra Club sent letters Tuesday threatening to file suit to stop construction of eight coal-fired power plants in six states because, the environmental group claims, they violate the Clean Air Act. "This is the first major ramification on the ground from the (Washington) D.C. circuit kicking out the Bush …
Greenpeace and more than 100 other environmental groups denounced projects for burying industrial greenhouse gases on Monday, exposing splits in the green movement about whether such schemes can slow global warming. Many governments and some environmental organisations such as the WWF want companies to capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the …
The commencement of the controversial coal handling activities in Port town after nearly a gap of two-and-half months on Wednesday, has prompted the Mormugao Bachao Abhiyan (MBA) to submit a memorandum to Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), to stop activities at Berth No 10 and 11 immediately, if not would be …
The new Union minister of state for coal, Santosh Bagrodia, did a U-turn on Saturday to clarify that the government does not want to overhaul the new coal distribution policy now being rolled out. "The new policy is a well framed policy and we will work under the broad guidelines …
The business people in the port city on Wednesday urged the government to be aggressive in taking decision on coal mining and gas exploration to help rapid industrialisation and accelerate economic growth. Addressing a reception accorded to the newly elected office bearers of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and …
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group's (ADAG) flagship company Reliance Power, which recently acquired three coal assets with coal reserves of about 2 billion tonnes in the Musi Rawas region of South Sumathra in Indonesia, is close to acquiring more coal mines in the same region. POWER FUEL # Reliance to buy …
Experts from home and abroad asked Bangladesh on Wednesday to mine its huge coal reserves before its fast depleting natural gas reserves run out. They however urged the country to tap the resource carefully to avoid human tragedies associated with coal mining. The heavily populated Asian country faces a serious …
George Unzelman, has more than 50 years of refining experience and has been in the industry during some of its most dramatic changes-some predicted, some results of opposition. In an opinion editorial, Unzelman shares his observations and predictions moving forward.
The purpose of this statement is to set out the basic principles for the resettlement and rehabilitation of people affected by coal mining projects (PAPs). As such, this statement attempts to streamline the different resettlement and rehabilitation practices that are being followed by subsidiaries and to modify them in a …
The Sindh cabinet has decided to investigate alleged wrongdoings in the signing of memorandums of understanding for the Thar coal power project and take action against those responsible. The cabinet decided in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah here on Tuesday to expedite implementation of the …
Australia has launched its first carbon capture and storage (ccs) project. Touted as the deepest geological storage of CO2, the project will capture and compress about 100,000 tonnes of CO2 and inject it into a depleted natural gas reservoir two km underground. While there are similar carbon storage facilities in …
The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has appealed to the power ministry to grant letter of awards (LoAs) for coal linkages to large size thermal projects due to be commissioned during the first two years of the 12th plan. CEA has argued that an early issuance of LoA would ensure timely …
It is well known that certain naturally occurring trace gases in our atmosphere trap radiant heat from the sun and give rise to the greenhouse effect. In the post-industrialisation era, some manmade greenhouse gases are being added to the atmosphere and are contributing to enhanced greenhouse gas effect or global …
China plans to build a major emissions-free coal burning power station by 2015, the project chief said on Wednesday, putting it at the front of a tight global race to build the first commercial scale plant. GreenGen president Su Wenbin said he has escaped the funding and planning problems that …
The government has assured that it is taking measures to ensure that people living in areas affected by subterranean fire and subsidence in the coal mining areas of West Bengal and Jharkhand are shifted. This was stated by Union minister of state for coal mines Santosh Bagrodia in the Lok …
Shortage of coal supply to power stations could make electricity supply situation worse this summer. "The coal supply position to thermal power stations in the country is not comfortable,' Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Mr. Ramesh, who was replying to a question …
