Coal auctions: Round 3 set to begin on Tuesday
The government this week released the list of technical bidders for the first five coal mines up for bidding in the third phase of coal block auctions beginning on Tuesday.
Aug 09, 2015, 15:38 PM IST
PMO asks Coal Ministry to increase fuel linkages to sectors
To ensure availability of fuel to industries, the Prime Minister's Office has asked the Coal Ministry to increase coal linkages to all sectors, including power.
Aug 09, 2015, 12:47 PM IST
Third tranche of coal auction from Tuesday, 22 bids qualify
"Out of the total applications we received, 22 were found to be technically valid," an official said.
Aug 08, 2015, 21:53 PM IST
Rs 762 cr may be invested in underground coal mines in FY'16
He further said that against the output target of 37.600 million tonnes (MT) from the underground mines in the last fiscal, Coal India produced 35.042 MT.
Aug 06, 2015, 18:07 PM IST
CIL will invest Rs 13,900 cr to raise output to 908 MT by 2020
State-owned Coal India (CIL) will invest Rs 13,900 crore to take its production to 908 million tonnes (MT) by 2019-20, the government said on Thursday.
Aug 06, 2015, 16:24 PM IST
CIL ramps up coal evacuation, to procure wagons worth Rs 555cr
The minister further said that the fleet of wagons are for operation of railways and dedicated only for transport of coal from the specified coal subsidiaries and on specific routes.
Aug 06, 2015, 15:38 PM IST
Coal imports drop by 11% to 19 mn tonnes in July
Coal imports declined by 11 percent to 19.30 million tonnes (MT) in July 2015 compared to the same month of previous year as higher availability of domestic fuel led power generation firms to defer imports.
Aug 04, 2015, 18:42 PM IST
HC seeks Centre's reply on RPower's plea in coal block case
The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre's response on a plea by Reliance Power (RPower) and its subsidiary Sasan Power Ltd against the government's decision to cancel allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh for the company's ultra mega power project there.
Aug 04, 2015, 17:57 PM IST
Coal imports drop for first time in 15 months
India`s coal imports fell 11 percent to 19.3 million tonnes in July from a year earlier - the sharpest and the first drop in more than a year - as local supplies rose and money losing power generators held up purchases, commodities trader mjunction said.
Aug 04, 2015, 13:10 PM IST
Govt seeks comments on auction methodology for coal linkages
Government is considering a policy for coal linkage auction and has sought comments from stakeholders on the draft auction methodology it has prepared.
Aug 03, 2015, 15:53 PM IST
Coalscam: Ex-Coal secy H C Gupta, PSMPL director granted bail
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar asked Gupta and Jain to cooperate with the probe while granting them bail on personal bond of Rs one lakh each and surety of a like amount.
Aug 03, 2015, 12:02 PM IST
Govt may import 210 mn tonnes of coal in 2015-16
Seeking to bridge the demand-supply gap, the government is likely to import around 210 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the ongoing fiscal.
Aug 02, 2015, 14:53 PM IST
CIL achieves 97% of coal output target at 34 MT in July
State-owned miner Coal India has produced 34.83 million tonnes (MT) of coal in July which is slightly below the targeted output of 36.04 million tonnes for the month.
Aug 01, 2015, 21:33 PM IST
Coal auctions: 10 mines up for bidding in August
The government will put 10 more coal mines up for auction in the third phase in next month, parliament was told on Thursday.
Jul 23, 2015, 23:58 PM IST
'Adani suspends 2 key contractors on biggest Aus coal project'
Adani Group's 16.5 billion dollar coal mine project in Australia has hit another controversy after reports that the Indian mining giant suspended two major contractors, raising fresh speculation over funding even as the company blamed the move on delay in government approvals.
Jul 22, 2015, 23:44 PM IST
Have govt sanction to prosecute 2 public servants: CBI to Court
The agency said that they have received the sanction order from the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to prosecute K S Kropha, the then Joint Secretary of Ministry of Coal, and K C Samria, who was the then Director (Coal Allocation-I section) in the Ministry of Coal.
Jul 22, 2015, 13:58 PM IST
Coal scam: Ex-MoS for Coal, ex-Coal Secy summoned as accused
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar took cognisance of CBI's final report in the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra to accused firm AMR Iron and Steel Pvt Ltd.
Jul 21, 2015, 15:45 PM IST
Coal scam: Court commences recording of evidence in RSPL's case
The trial in a coal scam case in which charges were framed against Delhi-based Rathi Steel and Power Limited (RSPL) and its three officials Friday commenced before a special court, which recorded the statements of two CBI witnesses.
Jul 17, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
Coal scam: Court to pass order on CBI's final report on Friday
It had said they had sought information from the MoC regarding the status of request for accord of sanction to prosecute Janoti, who was earlier posted in MoC.
Jul 16, 2015, 17:56 PM IST
Coal India to give up three-fourths of Mozambique mine
Coal India Africana Limitada, a fully-owned subsidiary of the state-owned firm, was allotted two leasehold licences for extraction of coal of about 224 square kilometre in Tete province of Mozambique.
Jul 14, 2015, 21:18 PM IST
