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. …
THE Manmohan Singh government may be unshackled from the Left, but its disinvestment plans could still encounter a trade union roadblock. The central trade unions, including the Congress-affiliated INTUC, are planning an agitation to protest against disinvestment in Coal India Ltd (CIL). All coal trade unions
DVC places order; negotiations with NTPC not successful. Coal import has become critical for the power sector due to the widening demand supply gap in thermal coal. Coal India Ltd's plan to enter into thermal coal import business is yet to find many takers in the power sector. According to …
Looks For Partner To Set Up VAM Projects COAL India (CIL) is exploring ways to earn carbon credits from its mining operations. It is looking to set up projects that involve capturing ventilation air methane (VAM) from coal blocks. This is expected to allow CIL to earn carbon credits. To …
M a h a n a d i Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, and a "Mini Ratna" company of the Government of India was formed in 1992 with its corporate office at Sambalpur (Orissa). The company was formed by the bifurcation of coal mines of Orissa …
Virendra Pandit The Rs 1,800-crore expansion plans of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), a subsidiary of the world's largest coal-producer Coal India Ltd (CIL), are likely to run into rough weather due to the existing resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R;) policy, according to Mr D.C. Garg, Chairman and Managing Director. WCL, which …
Calcutta, Feb. 11: India may have to import more coal in 2011-12 as domestic production could fall well short of the target. The gap between demand and domestic production is expected to increase to 81 million tonnes (mt) in 2011-12 compared with the initial projection of 51mt. Domestic production, estimated …
Indrani Dutta KOLKATA: Coal India Ltd. (CIL) is planning to create a war chest of around Rs. 6,000 crore for the acquisition of overseas assets in 2010-11, a year when its production target may be set at around 460.5 million tonnes. The company which accounts for over 80 per cent …
HALDIA, 19 JAN: As the navigability of the Hooghly river near Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) continues to be a matter of concern to the dock authorities, several industrial units, particularly power houses and steel plants in West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand who were dependent on Haldia for importing coal, have …
The government is understood to be considering a proposal to do away with the mandatory public hearing for environment clearances to certain coal expansion projects. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is believed to have assured Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal that necessary changes in the existing regulations regarding public hearing for grant …
CIL to explore mining with Tata Steel, SAILAcute coal shortage to push up import Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is proposing to develop a special corridor for coal transportation from the state
Mahanadi Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, expects to achieve its ambitious coal output target of 110.7 million tonnes (mt) for the current fiscal. In the first nine months of the fiscal, MCL had produced 71 million tonnes. It now faces the challenge of producing nearly 40 mt of …
Indronil Roy Chowdhury Kolkata: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has dropped Indonesia-based Jaguar Energy & Power Ltd from the list of companies, it intended to forge partnerships with to secure foreign coal blocks due to its alleged connection with Madhu Koda, the former Jharkhand chief minister charged with the Rs 4,000-crore …
Industry Captains Unanimous On Need For Addressing Land Issues For Faster Infrastructure Projects Our Bureau NEW DELHI. THE process of land acquisition needs to be addressed to give a boost to the infrastructure sector as it is a major stumbling block in execution of several core projects, roads and highways …
In a letter to state chief minister Ashok Chavan dated September 8. Union minister of state, Jairam Ramesh, categorically said no mining activities would be allowed near Tadoba. The letter asked the chief minister to review the dam project on river Human (pronounced Hooman) in Chandrapur district that would submerge …
Two big-ticket Bengal projects involving a total investment of over Rs 40,000 crore are in trouble because they are likely to make an estimated 200 million tonnes of coal inaccessible. The Rs 22,000-crore aluminium smelter and power plant of Vedanta Resources near Ranigunj is slated to come up in an …
State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is planning to acquire coal mines in a number of countries, including Mozambique, Australia and Indonesia, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said today.
