Monnet Ispat shares end over 9% higher on winning coal block
Shares of Monnet Ispat & Energy Monday ended the day with over 9 percent gains after the company bagged one coal block in Chhattisgarh on the last day of the auction yesterday.
Feb 23, 2015, 18:51 PM IST
Allow Birla Corp in 2nd phase of coal auction: HC to govt
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the government to allow Birla Corporation Ltd to participate in the bidding in the second phase for allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh for which the company was disqualified in the first phase of auction due to its failure to attach relevant documents.
Feb 20, 2015, 20:52 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI files charge sheet against Rathi Steel & Power Ltd
CBI on Friday filed a charge sheet in a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to a Delhi- based company Rathi Steel and Power Limited for allegedly giving false data about its land holdings and capacity to get a coal block in Chhattisgarh.
Feb 20, 2015, 19:27 PM IST
Odisha taking steps to expedite coal block development: Secretary
The state government has already formed one SPV for construction of railway lines in Talcher Coal Block area.
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Bagrodia, Gupta "prima facie committed misconduct" in Coalscam
Former Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta and an official of Coal Ministry prima facie committed criminal misconduct and facilitated AMR Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd to obtain coal block "unlawfully", a special court on Friday said.
Jan 30, 2015, 15:30 PM IST
Coal scam: Court tells CbI to file progress report involving AMR Iron & Steel Pvt
A Special court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further investigate a coal scam case involving allocation of coal block to AMR Iron & Steel Pvt.
Jan 30, 2015, 14:26 PM IST
Coalscam: Passport authorities can't sit over matters, says court
A special court on Thursday rapped passport authorities for "sitting over" matters relating to impounding of or releasing passports and directed them to fix a time-frame to decide on such issues.
Jan 29, 2015, 16:27 PM IST
Govt asks coal block bidders to fix dates for site visit
Moving ahead with the process of auction of mines, the government has invited bidders to come up with dates to visit the coal blocks besides inspecting land documents of the mines.
Jan 13, 2015, 16:01 PM IST
After pitch-dark 2014, coal aims to discard scam taint in 2015
In an urgent need for its image makeover, the scam-tainted coal sector will require mammoth efforts in 2015 from the government and the corporates, after a year full of adversities and stuck projects undermined investments totalling billions of dollars.
Dec 23, 2014, 12:30 PM IST
New norms for coal blocks not to raise power tariff: Govt
The bill, which replaces an ordinance, was brought in the wake of the Supreme Court order cancelling the allocation of 204 coal blocks on September 24 and resetting the agenda for their allocation.
Dec 12, 2014, 19:58 PM IST
Govt finalises rules for coal mines auction
The government today said it has finalised the rules for the auction of 204 coal mines that were deallocated by the Supreme Court.
Dec 12, 2014, 19:34 PM IST
Bill on coal mine allocation introduced in Lok Sabha
The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill 2014 was introduced by Coal Minister Piyush Goyal, who insisted that the bill did not seek de-nationalisation of coal mines.
Dec 10, 2014, 13:28 PM IST
Coal Ministry to put 18 additional blocks for sale in 1st phase: Secy
The Coal Ministry will auction or allot 18 more coal blocks in addition to already announced 74 mines for sale in the first lot to meet the growing demand for the fossil fuel.
Dec 04, 2014, 14:01 PM IST
Govt to complete coal block allotment by Feb: Coal Secy
The government is planning to complete coal block allocation through auction by February next year, a top official said Wednesday.
Nov 12, 2014, 23:28 PM IST
Coal scam: CBI files revised closure report in K M Birla case
The agency filed the report before Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar and said that it contains a detailed report of investigation being carried out in the case.
Oct 21, 2014, 12:47 PM IST
Coal Scam: CBI files revised closure report against KM Birla, others
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed revised closure report in a coal block allocation case involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others in a Delhi court.
Oct 21, 2014, 10:51 AM IST
Work out a plan to deal with coal supply: PMO to CoalMin
Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had written earlier to the Coal Ministry regarding the contingency plan to deal with the implications of the Supreme Court's judgement on coal block allocation.
Oct 12, 2014, 11:54 AM IST
NALCO may move review petition on cancellation of a coal block
Nalco almost met the criteria on which the Supreme Court allowed four coal blocks to operate.
Sep 28, 2014, 12:56 PM IST
'Metal, mining firms to be impacted; JSPL, Hindalco worst be hit'
The de-allocation would further delay the process of securing mining rights for its much awaited Utkal B-1 mine, critical for its Angul steel-cum-power project, a brokerage firm said.
Sep 24, 2014, 19:02 PM IST
Markets to see positive start on GDP data; coal block ruling eyed
Stock markets are likely to see positive opening on Monday following increase in the country's growth rate in June quarter, besides cautious sentiment may prevail as the Supreme Court will decide the fate of coal blocks and announcement of current account deficit data.
Aug 31, 2014, 18:09 PM IST
