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Ahead of the second meeting of a ministerial panel to give final shape to the Coal Regulatory Authority Bill on Tuesday, the coal ministry has proposed that coal producers can determine the price of the commodity. However, the proposed coal regulator should decide the methodology to fix prices to check …
The government today said Coal IndiaBSE 0.37 % (CIL) has submitted an initial perspective plan for developing 119 mines allocated to the PSU firm. "Ministry of Coal in May 2012 has tentatively assigned 116 coal blocks to CIL. Further, three coal blocks viz Brahmini, Chichro Pastimal and East of Damogoria …
Amid persisting issues over fuel supplies for power projects, the Coal Ministry has set up an inter-ministerial panel to look into applications from government companies for allocation of coal blocks. The constitution of the new panel comes against the backdrop of prolonged tussle, primarily between Coal and Power Ministries, over …
New Delhi: In a move that could trigger a fresh controversy over the valuation of natural resources, the Power Ministry has sought that the reserve price of coal blocks to be offered through the competitive bidding route be set at 90 per cent discount on the intrinsic value of the …
New Delhi: Seeks halting of work on 1,980-MW plant in coal-bearing area of Jharkhand The coal ministry has contested the suggestion made by a group of ministers (GoM) to allow NTPC to set up a 1,980-MW power plant in the coal-bearing area of North Karanpura in Jharkhand. Moving a Cabinet …
The fate of 2400 Mw coal-fired power plant proposed by Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (OTPCL) now hangs in balance after both its promoters lost coal mines allotted to them. The company, which claims to have completed the land acquisition process by the end of July 2013, is also undecided …
The three firms -- IOC, RIL and BPCL -- have retained their last year's respective ranks State-run Indian Oil Corp is the biggest company in terms of revenue, followed by Reliance Industries, according to the Fortune 500 list of Indian companies for 2012. This year's list of the country's 500 …
Villagers whose land agitation had forced Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) to scrap a mining project near Asansol apologised to company officials last evening with folded hands and requested them to reconsider the decision. This is the first time in recent memory that land protesters in Bengal have apologised for …
The coal ministry is likely to move a cabinet note seeking permission for Coal India to extract coal bed methane (CBM) in its leasehold areas, the chairman of the state-run miner has said. The development follows a request by Kolkata-based Coal India that instead of auctioning new CBM blocks in …
CIL looks into shale gas, coal-bed methane options The world’s largest coal producer Coal India Ltd (CIL) may diversify into coal-bed methane (CBM) and shale gas. Amid the turf war between the petroleum ministry and coal ministry over the authority over natural resources like CBM and shale, the Kolkata-based coal …
Coal India (CIL) may be allowed to extract coal-bed methane (CBM) from its vast leasehold mining areas soon, opening new business avenues and boosting revenues for the state-owned coal monopoly. Current rules prohibit coal miners from extracting methane released during the mining process, wasting a valuable natural resource. “We have …
A land agitation has forced Bharat Coking Coal Ltd to scrap a mining project near Asansol and explore options in neighbouring Jharkhand. “We had no option but to cancel the project following protests from the villagers. They want jobs in BCCL immediately. We told them that getting documents verified and …
State-run NTPC has decided to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with Coal India in a month, without any major change in the norms of draft FSAs. Both firms decided to bury differences at a meeting in Kolkata on Monday between the chiefs of the public sector undertakings, S Narsing Rao …
Awholly-owned subsidiary of state-run Coal India has hit coal seams during exploration in Mozambique, a senior company executive said. Coal India Africana Limitada, which had drilled four boreholes in the southeast African nation, has hit coal in all four of them, making it the subsidiary’s first success overseas, the executive …
The Union cabinet is likely to allow work on the 1,980MW NTPC power plant at North Karanpura to proceed after years of uncertainty over its fate. Work on the project in Hazaribagh district, first envisaged in 1998, began in 2003 but stalled in mid-2009 as the 1,500 acres it was …
New Delhi After two stagnant years, April-September coal output posted a robust growth of 8.5%. Public sector Coal India (CIL) and private players with captive mines ramped up production after a worried government put them on notice. CIL exceeded its production target in the first half. If the trend continues, …
CEA has suggested that coastal plants and power plants which are equidistant from coast and mines should get imported coal The Power Ministry and the sector's planning body Central Electricity Authority may be required to consult power generation utilities for signing Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) with Coal India. "They (Power …
Power Utilities have reported a generation loss of 11.63 Billion Unit during the year 2011-12 due to shortage of coal. The station-wise generation loss reported by the Power Utilities due to shortage of coal is given at Annex-I. A statement giving Plant and State-wise coal requirement and receipt position is …
New Delhi Coal India will need to increase domestic coal price by 8-21% during the current 12th Five-Year Plan to offset the impact of the high cost of coal that it may have to import to meet at least 80% of the fuel requirement of power companies as per contractual …
Says the pricing is meant to subsidise private power generators The Odisha government has objected to the new coal price pooling formula proposed by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Coal India Ltd (CIL), saying the revised pricing mechanism is aimed at subsidising private power generators. “If pooling of price …
