Page 10 - Coal Mines

Government to auction 23 coal mines in FY18, 4 for commercial mining

This would be the first step to open mining beyond the near-monopoly of state-owned CIL for 41 years

Government announces safety audit for 418 mines

Safety actions like geo technical cells in Coal India mines had been taken

Production from e-auctioned coal mines on slow and steady course

Total production stood at 22 million tonnes; more mines have started operations

Govt to review status of 72 coal mines

Earlier, three rounds of mines auction were held after the SC in 2014 cancelled the allotment of 204 coal blocks

Rs 2,237-crore revenue generated from 74 coal mines

Mines have been allocated under the provisions of Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015

Govt to put 17 non-coal mines on the block again

Decision in the wake of lack of interest shown by miners to first auction

Govt to allot 16 coal mines to PSUs for commercial mining

Decision to open up coal sector is in line with govt's target of doubling coal production to 1.5 billion tonnes by 2020

None of the 21 coal mines alloted in Jharkhand have started production: Goyal

The minister said Rs 112,398 crore is the estimated revenue which would accrue to Jharkhand from the auction

States get Rs 1,233 cr as upfront payment for coal mines

The government had last year auctioned 31 coal mines in three tranches and also allotted 42 coal mines to Central or State Government Companies