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 …
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, …
Australia's government defended its scheme to cut carbon emissions on Friday, amid mining industry warnings that its carbon trading plan would cost 23,000 resource sector jobs as the country battles recession. The powerful Minerals Council of Australia, representing miners, said carbon emissions trading would see 23,510 mining jobs cut after …
Studies on physico-chemical parameters of underground mine water, OCP direct discharge and sump water of Bhurkunda Colliery of South Karanpura Coalfield of Central Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited were carried out in 2004 and 2005 in all the three seasons, namely summer, monsoon and winter.
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, chief executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers' Association (BELA), has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2009 for the Asia region in recognition of her contribution to the conservation of the environment. As Bangladesh's leading environmental attorney, Rizwana's legal advocacy for tighter regulations for the country's environmentally …
Australia's coal and gas producers, including miner Rio Tinto Ltd, said the government must give more assistance to major emitting export industries, and to increase the number of free carbon pollution permits. Mining and gas firms have stepped up their campaign against the government's carbon trading plans, telling a Senate …
For progressive improvement in the economic growth of a developing country like India, sustainable energy supply is of paramount significance. Coal, being a relatively cheap and abundant energy resource in contrast to a very low hydrocarbon resource potential in India, remains the focus of attention of the energy planners ever …
We examine the effect of one of the presumably most powerful cartels ever on the profitability of its members. More precisely, we consider the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate, a coal cartel that operated in Imperial Germany in the late 19th and early 20th century, using a newly constructed dataset and two …
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 …
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, …
Pits close to Grand Trunk Road set off alarm bells An abandoned pit in Dhanbad from where coal is extracted illegally. Picture by Gautam Dey Dhanbad, Feb. 12: The figure is startling. Officials in Dhanbad have spotted as many as 118 abandoned mine pits that are being used to extract …
The public sector coal major had offered 18 abandoned or derelict mines with a total reserve of 1,647 million tonnes from its subsidiaries Debjoy Sengupta KOLKATA COAL India (CIL) will finalise its joint venture partners for coal extraction from abandoned mines by March 2009. ArcelorMittal was the first to express …
