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 …
Dhanbad, Feb. 8: Residents, chambers of commerce and lawyers of Jharia are coming together to save the coal mining town plagued by a raging underground fire, fed up of the short-sightedness of coal companies to the continuing threat of illegal as well indiscriminate mining. As a first step, representatives of …
Gireesh Chandra Prasad Identify problems for climate funding, India urged New Delhi: Companies that get licenses to find and produce coal-bed-methane (CBM), a clean fuel, later this month will have to adhere to a new environment clearance regime instead of what the petroleum ministry had originally said in a model …
Dhanbad: Officers of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) have joined hands with the company management to motivate workers to help boost production to meet the 28.5-million tonne target and help the firm earn a mini ratna status this fiscal. A motivational programme has been launched at different BCCL collieries. It
The coal industry has set a task for its former mentor, chief minister Shibu Soren. It has urged the new government to start laying of tracks in North Karnpura coalfields within five years.
After hearing a PIL filed by people of Bhuli in Dhanbad, who are facing eviction, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday told the Centre and State Government to issue proper instruction in the matter. Petitioner Sushil Kumar Singh has alleged that Bharat Coking Coal Limited is forcefully and illegally evicting …
How about giving the usual picnic spots a miss and spending the day in an abandoned mine instead? Sounds unreal? Not any longer. The district administration and the forest department are working in tandem to develop collieries and convert them into tourist hotspots. The purpose is to promote coal tourism …
State-run Coal India Limited (CIL) is under fire from the power and steel ministries for failing to deliver proper washed coal resulting in severe loss in power generation. In a recent meeting to review the coal supply position, the navratna company drew criticism, particularly from the power ministry, for supplying …
Upset with companies idling on their captive coal blocks, the coal ministry is likely to soon begin the process of de-allocating nearly 40 blocks from them and also forfeit their bank guarantees. If the ministry has its way, about 25 public sector undertakings and 15 private companies may have to …
SMALL and isolated patches of coal reserves will now be offered to fuel starved local industries such as small power plants, cement and steel units, and brick making facilities without going through the lengthy allocation process. The government is finalising new policy guidelines for `allocation of isolated small pockets of …
NEW DELHI: Faced with massive investment target in various projects and the need to adjust prices, Minister of State for Coal Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said that he would approach the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, seeking his nod for a marginal hike in coal prices to protect the interests of …
In a major shift from its policy to equip the state-run and private power utilities with captive coal blocks to meet their production needs, the Coal Ministry is now actively considering allocating nearly 130 blocks to its behemoth Coal India Limited (CIL). It believes that if the blocks are not …
Residents of Semartoli and Lupungtoli can now hope to light up their homes and have easy access to precious drops of water. The Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), which adopted the two hamlets tucked away in the Maoist pockets of Ranchi district, today begun work to turn them into model villages. …
Jharkhand has finally decided to act on rehabilitating thousands of residents of Jharia, where an underground fire has been raging since three decades, announcing today that 4,650 families will be shifted within the next 100 days. The decision, taken at a high-level meeting here at the Central Institute of Mining …
OPERATORS OF 25 CAPTIVE POWER PROJECTS THAT FAILED TO TAKE DELIVERY OF ASSURED COAL TO LOSE SUPPLY SURETY Subhash Narayan & Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI METAL and infrastructure companies such as L&T;, GMR Infrastructure and Hindalco will lose coal linkages for some of their captive power projects, with the coal …
It will be quite some time before the proposed Hurashi and Chupervita open cast mine projects, an extension of the Rajmahal Coalfield Project, finally see the light of the day as the administration has not been able to acquire land for railway lines. According to sources in Eastern Coalfields Limited …
Sanjay Jog Mumbai: The coal production increased 7.8% to 492.95 million tonne (mt) in 2008-09 from 457.08 mt during 2007-08. Of the 36 mt surged in the pan-India production (including that of Meghalaya), Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) contributed 24 mt and 4 mt, respectively, …
THE government says it is not averse to opening commercial coal mining to private sector. It would do well to realise the urgency on this count and repeal the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, which has reserved coal mining for public sector units. Despite having ample reserves of non-coking coal, …
