Core sector growth rises to 6.3% in October
Growth of eight core industries rose to 6.3 percent in October on the back of a strong production of coal, crude oil and petroleum products putting the cumulative growth during April-October, 2014-15 at 4.3 percent.
Dec 01, 2014, 18:04 PM IST
Govt to raise coal producing capability of CIL
Coal Minister Piyush Goyal also said that the e-auction of the coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court would be completed by March 31 next.
Nov 27, 2014, 15:48 PM IST
Govt in process of formulating strategies to double CIL output
The government is in the process of formulating strategies to almost double Coal India's output to one billion tonnes over the next five years.
Nov 25, 2014, 16:17 PM IST
Govt sees $250 bn investment in energy sector: Goyal
Government is targeting doubling coal production to a billion tonnes in the next five years to meet rising energy demands in the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said here today.
Nov 06, 2014, 15:22 PM IST
Coal India misses output target for 5th month in a row
State-owned Coal India missed the output target for the fifth consecutive month producing 34.88 million tonnes (MT) of coal in September against targeted 36.17 MT even as acute fuel shortages continue to hit power generation.
Oct 09, 2014, 21:29 PM IST
Coal stock position at thermal plants to improve in a month
The critical coal stock position at thermal power plants across the country is likely to stabilise after about a month.
Sep 17, 2014, 14:24 PM IST
Coal India could meet FY15' production target
Boosted by environmental relaxation in mining, Coal India Wednesday said it was looking to meet the production target for the current fiscal by ramping up its production despite falling short till August.
Sep 10, 2014, 19:40 PM IST
Govt puts CIL's 42 projects on monitoring list
Coal India has 148 on-going projects which are under different stages of implementation.
Sep 10, 2014, 15:59 PM IST
CIL lists steps needed to increase output
Fast tracking land acquisition, resolving rehabilitation and resettlement issue and avoiding delays in green clearance are some of the steps needed to be taken to augment coal output, state-run miner CIL has said.
Sep 09, 2014, 19:19 PM IST
Coal India Aug output at 34.5 MT, misses target
State-owned Coal India (CIL) produced 34.54 million tonnes (MT) of coal in August, missing its target of 35.13 MT.
Sep 02, 2014, 17:54 PM IST
Core sector growth decelerates to 2.7% in July
After recording impressive performance in June, growth in eight core industries slowed down to 2.7 percent in July due to decline in production of crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers and steel.
Sep 01, 2014, 21:14 PM IST
Core sector growth slows to 2.7% in July
Despite the 5.7 percent GDP growth in the first quarter of 2014-15, the eight core sector industries growth slowed to 2.7 percent in July, compared to the 5.3 percent growth in the same month in the previous year.
Sep 01, 2014, 17:33 PM IST
Policy on swapping of coal linkages on cards
The development comes at a time when the demand-supply gap of coal is widening in the country.
Aug 22, 2014, 14:53 PM IST
Coal India Q1 Net up 8%; board takes view on e-auction issue
World's largest coal miner Coal India Ltd Tuesday reported a 8.1 percent rise in net profit at Rs 4,033.28 crore on consolidated basis for the first quarter ended June 30, 2014.
Aug 12, 2014, 20:54 PM IST
Coal India misses output target in July
The development comes at a time when the Maharatna firm is drawing flak from across the quarters for missing its output targets.
Aug 04, 2014, 14:28 PM IST
Have taken steps to improve coal production: Piyush Goyal
Goyal said that the government has constituted a new "Inter-Ministerial Task Force" to undertake a comprehensive review of existing coal sources.
Jul 17, 2014, 15:28 PM IST
Budget lacks 'specifics' for improvement in power sector:Fitch
Fitch said inadequate domestic production and infrastructure bottlenecks continue to act as constraints for ensuring adequate supplies to power plants.
Jul 16, 2014, 15:24 PM IST
CIL resumes work in mines shut by protesters
Mahanadi had forecast a 15 percent rise in production to 127 million tonnes for this fiscal year ending March 31 2015.
Jul 14, 2014, 13:49 PM IST
Coal India starts production at 12 MTPA Jharkhand mine
In its first major project in the recent few years, state-run Coal India (CIL) Friday kickstarted production at its 12 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) mine in Jharkhand, a move that would ensure increased supply to fuel-starved power projects.
Jul 11, 2014, 22:33 PM IST
Coal production from captive mines likely at 53 MT in FY'15
Coal production from captive coal blocks allocated to firms like SAIL, Sasan Power and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd is expected to reach 53 million tonnes (MT) in the current fiscal.
Jul 07, 2014, 15:24 PM IST
