Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
This Provisional coal statistics incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products and lignite of the preceding financial year along with few years on reserves, production, dispatches, pit-head closing stock, import and export of coal etc. It also contains information regarding captive blocks. The publication of this Provisional coal statistics should …
Coal "lock-in," rather than rational investments in coal power, is one of the largest global threats today. This lock-in results from high capital costs and long asset lifespans associated with coal-fired power plant investments. Over the past six years due to large scale public opposition, mounting costs, and dramatic changes …
A day after Team Anna alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had extended “pecuniary benefits to private parties” when he held the charge of the Coal Ministry, the ministry on Sunday said blocks were allocated in an “equitable and fair manner”. It, however, did not specifically mention the Team Anna’s …
For over a decade the coal industry has funded campaigns designed to convince Americans that coal can be burned without adverse environmental impacts. These campaigns raise troubling ethical issues. In fact, as we shall see, these campaigns have often been misleading and deceptive in several different ways. This deception is …
Oil companies engaged in drilling and exploration activities, power projects, coal and cement industries, besides developers of national highway in both public and private sectors have emerged as major environmental violators in the North-east. In a Question Hour discussion on Tuesday, Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan …
A move which would lead to the setting up of a regulator empowered with deciding coal prices, production and supply of the dry fuel and allocation and cancellation of blocks and mining operations, the Union Cabinet is expected to give a nod to the Independent Coal Regulatory Authority Bill, 2012 …
The government has begun consultations on disposal of surplus coal from captive mines amid differences among various ministries over the subject. The process was initiated after the prime minister’s office asked the coal ministry to withdraw a notified surplus coal policy and hold inter-ministerial consultations. A senior government official said …
Coal India will seek advice from the prime minister’s office through the coal ministry on how to go about signing fuel supply agreements with power units commissioned between January 2012 and March 2015. “We will ask the government on how to go about signing FSAs with plants that have come …
State-run coal company has inserted clause in FSA saying customers will have to accept price changes Coal India has inserted a new clause in Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) which says that if the state-run firm needs to import coal to meet its obligations, customers will have to accept the price …
In a hurried move to implement the Presidential decree issued by the government to ensure adequate long-term coal supply to power firms, Coal India Limited (CIL) today approved the revised Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) to be executed with at least 48 companies for generating 18,522 Megawatt of electricity. “The CIL …
To develop mines and infrastructure, buy foreign assets & pay a dividend of . 6,500cr every yr. Coal India, facing pressure from the prime minister’s office to improve production, plans to invest . 75,000 crore ($14.6 billion) in the next five years to develop mines and infrastructure, buy foreign assets …
New Delhi The growing demand of coal in the domestic market is likely to push up its international prices. Coal industry experts feel that the prices may go up significantly in near future, driven mainly by the demand in China and India. Coal prices in the international market have gone …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel deals with Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Eleventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on the subject “Prevention of Illegal Coal Mining and Theft” of the Ministry of …
This latest report published by the World Coal Association looks at how coal can bring energy access to millions and support economic growth in the developing world. It also provides recommendations necessary to deliver energy access for all. Access to energy is essential to addressing the problems that cause poverty. …
Mumbai: Adani Power synchronized the fifth unit of the Mundra power plant this week, taking its total generating capacity to 4,620MW, making it the world’s largest single-location coal-fired plant in the private sector. China, Poland and Taiwan have three thermal power plants exceeding 5,000 MW but they are all state-owned, …
London-based hedge fund, The Children's Investment Fund, which owns 1 percent of Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, has demanded to engage with on matters related to business and operations of CIL, in particular. On the other hand, Coal India isn't happy over discussing confidential matters with a selective …
The performance audit covered the Eleventh Five Year Plan period, i.e. from 2007-08 to 2011-12 (upto November 2011) including allocations of coal blocks by Ministry of Coal from 2004 onwards. For this purpose, records of MoC, CCO, CIL and its subsidiaries were test-checked in audit during September 2011 to November …
RANGIA: Raising concern over indisputable situation prevailing across Indo-Bhutan border Sandrupjonkhar area, owe to mining induced pollution phenomena - SD East Bhutan Coal Company (SDEBCC) clarifying its stand says the institution has been operating under strict guidelines as well as supervision of National Environment Commission on a mere conscious manner. …
While the government is flooded with applications for more coal mines, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has posed a query about the actual usage of coal mines already granted clearance. In a meeting held in November last, the MoEF officials asked the coal ministry to get back to …
Both Mukesh’s RIL and Anil’s Reliance Power are in talks to develop Sohagpur CBM block. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and his younger brother Anil’s Reliance Power have held initial talks to jointly develop their adjoining coal-bed methane (CBM) blocks, giving the estranged brothers another opportunity to join forces apart from …
