Page 7 - Coal Mining

Commercial mining won't hit Coal India, says CMD even as unions plan strike

Coal India asserts monopoly as mine-bearing states protest coal auction

Auction for commercial coal mining begins with investor-friendly rules

There is effectively no strict eligibility criterion for participating in the auction. The companies/joint ventures should be registered in India.

Coal India output falls 11% to 41 MT in May, coal offtake up at 39.95 MT

Coal India accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic fuel output

Coal India's volumes fail to pick up in May, earnings likely to decline

With the start of some economic activity and a slight pickup in power demand, some increase was expected in the company's coal volumes in May

Coal supply by Coal India to power sector dips 22% to 32 MT in April

The PSU removed 114.43 million cubic metres of overburden in its open cast mines in April 2020, as compared to 104.22 million cubic metres a year ago, registering an increase of 9.7 per cent

Allowing pvt sector to mine and sell coal commercially is a mammoth task

The government plans to auction 50 mines immediately

Govt ends monopoly in coal mining, ups FDI limit in defence manufacturing

The government will put up six more airports for auction and "ease" restrictions on Indian air space, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

Key takeaways from FM Sitharaman's fourth tranche of the economic stimulus

The eight sectors in which reforms are to be introduced are coal, minerals, defence production, aviation, power discoms in UTs, space technology and atomic energy

The art of winning trade deals post the pandemic

India can gain global trade share after the pandemic, but only if it acts quickly

How to Make in India 2.0

India will be served well by comprehensive capital and labour reforms but it is important to sift the necessary from the desirable

Govt to do away with mandatory washing of coal for thermal power units

The environment ministry now in its latest note has said, "In the overall scheme of coal, mine, washery and power plant, the extent of ash content in mined coal remains the same"

Miners seek tax rationalisation as Covid mutes demand for minerals

The mining sector is rooting for a uniform tax subsuming all levies and capped at 40 per cent

NLC India starts coal production from Odisha mines 4 years after allocation

The two assets, Talabira II and III, will be used to meet the needs of its existing and future coal fired power plants

India aims to be self-sufficient in coal production by 2024: Pralhad Joshi

Joshi said India stood fifth in terms of coal reserves and the Centre was working towards achieving self-sufficiency in coal production

Coal India production not to exceed 640 million in FY20: Official

The state-run miner had a target to produce 660 million tonnes of coal in 2019-20 as against 607 million tonnes produced in the last fiscal

Private sector companies seek 'level playing field' for coal block auction

There are about 80-100 coal blocks which are likely to be auctioned in multiple phases over the next few years

Power producers' coal imports up 17.6% at 52.48 MT in Apr-Dec 2019

Adani Power's Mundra plant alone imported 12.83 million tonnes of coal during the first nine month of this fiscal, a growth of 45.7 per cent over 8.81 million tonnes in the same period a year ago

Relaxing norms for private coal mining unlikely to attract investment

The government would do better to create a market for natural gas

Cabinet relaxes norms to mine, sell coal; entry for foreign players eased

The announcement comes four years after the Centre enabled commercial mining and sale of coal by private companies under the CMSP Act, 2015

Coal Min to set up 'Sustainable Development Cell' to address green concerns

The cell will also formulate the future policy framework for environmental mitigation measures, including the Mine closure Fund.