Coal Industry

Power producers imported 5.52 million tonnes of coal during the month, up 85.6 per cent year-on-year, as heat-wave conditions and lower hydropower output lifted electricity demand

Rake loading to the power sector increased from 370 on September 3 to 444 on September 6, while corrective supply measures were put in place for plants with critical stocks

State-owned NMDC will start the commercial production of thermal coal by October-December period and looks to sell around 1 MT of the dry fuel within FY27, said Amitava Mukherjee, Chairman of India's largest iron ore mining player. Under the Ministry of Steel, Hyderabad-based NMDC alone caters to the country's 20 per cent need of iron ore -- a key raw material needed to produce steel. In an interview to PTI, Mukherjee said the company has drawn a road map up to 2030 to diversify its mining operations to support the government's vision of Viksit Bharat. "Right now, we are 99.9 per cent an iron ore company. We aim to help the growing industries in the country with maximum of their mineral needs," the chairman said, adding that this year the company will begin the commercial mining of thermal coal and targets to sell a maximum of 1 MT of the commodity to potential buyers. "We have reached the coal seam (of Tokisud North coal mine), and the production will start by next quarter," the .

The coal ministry said Talcher Fertilisers and NTPC have already submitted applications, while the first application window remains open until September 7

The recent policy reforms in India's coal sector have streamlined captive and commercial operations by reducing the operationalisation timelines for fully and partially explored blocks, Coal Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt has said. Aided by the government's policy reforms, the operationalisation timelines for fully explored coal blocks have been reduced by 11 months and partially explored blocks by 14 months, Dutt said. Cutting operationalisation timelines drastically reduces regulatory and administrative gestation periods, enabling faster mine development and quicker commercial production. Speaking during a meeting of Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Coal on Wednesday, Dutt said that continuous reforms introduced in the coal sector have reduced the operationalisation timeline for fully explored blocks from 51 months to 40 months and partially explored blocks from 66 months to 52 months. Captive and commercial mines have played an important role in achieving 1 billion

India's coal production grew to 69.75 MT in July 2026 from 64.88 MT a year earlier, while coal dispatch rose to 86.33 MT during the month

Coal dispatch during July 2026 registered a growth of 17.34 per cent year-on-year, reaching 86.33 MT (Provisional), compared to 73.57 MT last year

Retirees seek inflation-linked revisions after the government told Parliament no enhancement proposal is under consideration following an actuarial assessment of the pension fund

Committee also recommends a time-bound roadmap to modernise coal washeries and adopt advanced beneficiation technologies to improve coal quality

Share price of Caliber Mining and Logistics soared 17% to ₹616 on the BSE in intra-day deals, zooming 45% against its issue price of ₹424 per share in two days post-listing.

India's peak power demand surged last week to nearly 270.1 gigawatts (GW), ‌driven by higher cooling demand as an El Nino pattern contributed to weaker rainfall

The Coal Exchange Rules establish a framework for electronic coal trading, transparent price discovery and stronger governance, marking a major shift in India's coal market

Scheme links incentives to competitive bids and project milestones, with subsidy caps and penalties to accelerate coal gasification and reduce import dependence

MoSPI has proposed a framework to assign a monetary value to India's coal reserves. Here's what natural capital accounting means and why it differs from pricing coal

The ministry has recommended the OECD methodology for valuing coal reserves, saying it could strengthen natural capital accounting and support evidence-based policymaking

The expansion during the month under review is slightly down compared to April, when these sectors grew by 1.8 per cent

Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said the beginning of the coal gasification project marks a historic step towards converting India's abundant coal resources into value-added products, which will strengthen the country's energy security and promote import substitution. Reddy said this after Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for the Rs 25,000 crore Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate Project of Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) in a meeting at Rairangpur in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu. The Union minister attended the meeting by physically remaining present at the project site in Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district. "The project is targeted for commissioning by September 2029," an official said. Reddy, in a post on X, said: "The project will strengthen India's energy security, promote import substitution, reduce dependence on critical imported chemicals and feedstocks, generate employment opportunities, and ...

The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for projects spanning energy, roads, irrigation, health, education and industrial infrastructure

The project will house India's first commercial-scale coal-to-ammonium nitrate facility and is aimed at boosting energy security and reducing import dependence

Government says eight projects backed by incentive support are under implementation as India pushes coal gasification to reduce import dependence and boost industrial capacity