Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
International Coal Ventures, a consortium of PSUs including Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Coal India, is eyeing mines in Indonesia and Mozambique and has joined hands with Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) to prepare a feasibility report on the possible buyouts. "International Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL) is …
SHILLONG, Sept 7: Meghalaya has refused to renew a mining lease to the Coal India Limited, leaving the government-run mining enterprise without any work in the State, the coal ministry said today.
Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government is likely to dilute tough norms proposed by the environment ministry that would have prevented companies from mining coal in large parts of the country, and boosting the prospects of an initial public offer (IPO) from a state-owned company that has monopoly rights to …
NEW DELHI, 31 AUG: The world's largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), today said it might consider setting up power plants in the country to utilise excess coal.
Arun Kumar NEW DELHI PUBLIC sector mining firms NMDC and Coal India are forming a joint venture with West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Company to acquire one of the largest coal blocks in the country having reserves of around 19 billion tonnes. Under the proposed structure, NMDC and Coal …
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi August 21, 2010, 0:06 IST The recent spurt in illegal mining activities across mineral mines, including coal mines, in the country could create hurdles for Coal India Ltd to garner valuations from its initial public offer (IPO) to be launched later this year. The …
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Tuesday admitted in Parliament that it could soon reduce the green belts, where coal mining is not allowed. Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh, who had earlier made a strong pitch for declaring `no-go' areas, where coal mining would …
Finally, there is some good news for the coal mining industry. After intense bitterness between them, the coal ministry and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in a preliminary exercise have jointly completed the identification of the coal blocks falling in the
Commercial Mining May Be Opened To Private Sector In A Limited Way Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI IN A step towards opening the commercial coal mining to the private sector, the government may allow companies holding captive mining leases to sell excess coal in the open market to meet the increasing …
Status Quo On Demarcating Coal-Bearing Areas For Now THE government has stepped in to end uncertainties over coal mining caused by the tough stance of the environment ministry, as it gears up for the crucial initial share sale of state-owned Coal India. The decision was taken at a meeting on …
Indronil Roychowdhury Kolkata: Acute coal shortage in 32 coal-fired power stations is a clear indications of massive power cuts across the country in the coming 15 days. According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) findings, 17 thermal power stations have coal supply for less than 7 days while 15 others can …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) may take a re-look at the restrictions imposed on coal mining in forest areas shortly. The Ministry had earlier imposed a complete ban on mining in nearly half of the coal bearing (forest) areas in nine coalfields.
THE ministry of environment and forests has declared that 40 coal blocks in forest areas will not be accessible to private parties even though these have been allocated to them. This means MoEF will not allow mining in these blocks. The coal ministry is also looking at enhancing prices of …
It is for the politicians to act and prevent merchant miners, national or international, to play further havoc with the rich mineral assets of the country.
The Himalayan glaciers that feed Asia's five largest rivers are in no danger of disappearing by 2035, as claimed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report. In fact, only the glaciers that melt into the Ganges are shrinking, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how …
