Thermal Coal

Bhel gets Rs 4,000 crore order for 1600 MW thermal project from Adani Power

State-owned engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has received an order worth Rs 4,000 crore from Adani Power Limited for setting up the 1,600 MW Raigarh Phase-II Thermal Power Plant at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. BHEL in a filing said that it received a Letter of Award on March 27, 2024, for the supply of equipment and supervision of erection & commissioning for 2x800 MW power project based on supercritical technology at Raigarh Phase II, Chhattisgarh. The boiler and Turbine Generator are to be manufactured at BHEL's Trichy and Haridwar plants respectively. The supply of Unit-1 will take 31 months and Unit-2 (35 months).

India's thermal coal imports fall for first time since Covid-19 pandemic

Surging production and supplies by world's largest miner Coal India have pushed stockpiles at power plants to record highs of over 43 million metric tonnes

'Thermal coal imports falling first time since pandemic on domestic output'

Lower Indian appetite for imports could further pressure prices, even as miners grapple with a 70% plunge from record highs that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Govt says no plan formulated to phase out old coal-based power plants

The government on Tuesday said it has not formulated any plan to phase out old coal-based thermal power plants in the country. India has set an ambitious energy transition programme, which includes having 500 GW of renewable energy capacity, by 2030. "No Sir, Central Electricity Authority vide an advisory dated January 20, 2023 suggested that no retirement or repurposing of coal-based power stations will be done before 2030 considering the expected energy demand scenario and availability of capacity in future," Power Minister R K Singh said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. He was replying to a question on whether the government has formulated any plan to phase out the old coal-based thermal power plants in the country, including in Odisha. Singh said that operators of thermal power plants were also advised implementation of Renovations & Modernisation (R&M) and Life Extension (LE) of their units for running up to 2030 and beyond or operating in two-shift mode to facilitate ..

Rs 10,500 crore in the pipeline for coal-fired thermal power project in UP

The Jawaharpur plant is being equipped with supercritical technology. It will be fed with coal from the Saharpur Jamarpani coal block in Jharkhand to be developed by UPRVUNL

Rlys completes stretch to halve coal logistics time as power demand rises

The shifting of coal traffic to the freight corridor will also bring a sigh of relief for passengers, as trains get stuck for hours around the DDU stretch due to congestion

To avoid 2022 crisis, Indian Railways ferries more coal for electricity

Imported thermal coal freight also sees higher volumes amid railways plan to avert 2022 crisis

Railway freight rises 3.5% in Feb; thermal coal volumes increase 8%

According to sector watchers, the numbers suggest that the railways will comfortably meet its budgeted target of 1475 Mt in the current fiscal year

India's thermal coal imports up nearly 15% in 2022, says Coalmint

Indian imports of petcoke, mostly used by cement plants, doubled to 9.77 million tonnes in 2022 as they were cheaper compared with coal, whose prices hit record highs following Russia's invasion

India Nov thermal coal imports at 9-month low as local output soars

India's thermal coal imports fell to the lowest levels in 9 months during November, data from consultancy Coalmint showed, mainly due to a rise in domestic coal production

India to be self-sufficient in thermal coal output by FY25: Pralhad Joshi

Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday exuded confidence that the country would be largely self-sufficient in thermal coal production by the financial year 2024-25. "We will be largely self-sufficient in thermal coal production by 2024-25 and the country will not face any problem in the thermal energy sector," Joshi said while interacting with the media during the investors' conclave on 'opportunities in the coal sector'. He said that in the sixth phase, commercial auction is being conducted for 141 coal mines across the country, including 28 blocks of Madhya Pradesh. According to the minister, for the first time in the country's history, such a large number of coal blocks are being auctioned. He said that the government is expected to get a revenue of Rs 25,000 crore from this auction, while two lakh people will get employment after the start of production. Joshi appealed to the investors to actively participate in the coal mine auction. "We have made mine allocation rul

Thermal coal imports grow at slowest pace in 5 months in Oct, shows data

The share of South African thermal coal imports rose to the highest levels in recent months as sponge iron makers switched back amid Russian blend concerns, Coalmint said in a report this week

Import of thermal coal to stop by 2024-25, assures Pralhad Joshi

Union coal minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday said that the country will stop import of thermal coal by 2024-25. Joshi was speaking at the 'Mincon 2022' Mines -Mineral-Metals event here. The minister expressed his concern that that the country has to import coal despite having adequate domestic resource of the fuel. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him that this substitute coal import has to stop. "We are working in that direction and I am assuring you that by 2024-25, the substitute coal that is thermal coal import, we are going to stop it," he said. Joshi said that the government is taking pro-industry initiatives. "There was a time, when those in power used to think that talking about industry, business and industrialists is kind of anti-poor. But, our government does not think like that, we think your businesses should run nicely and our policies should be good and the revenue from you will help in serving the poor. This is the firm belief of the government and we

'Demand for thermal coal to rise due to increase in electricity demand'

The coal ministry has taken consistent initiatives to increase the production of coal from captive mines

Thermal coal imports at major ports fall 16% to 55 MT in Apr-Dec: Body

Disruptions caused by the pandemic continued to impact cargo movement in India

Thermal, coking coal imports in 12 ports dip 25% to 55 MT in Apr-Sep: IPA

Coal volumes at the 12 major ports declined for the sixth straight month in September 2020, as per the Indian Ports Association (IPA)

Thermal, coking coal imports dip 28% to 46 mn tonnes in Apr-Aug: IPA

Thermal coal imports dropped 25.42 per cent to 28.93 MT and coking coal shipments fell 31.87 per cent to 16.84 MT during this period

Thermal, coking coal imports at major ports dip 31% to 37 MT in Apr-Jul

Hit by disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, both thermal and coking coal imports at India's 12 major ports dropped 31 per cent to 36.7 million tonnes (MT) in April-July 2020

Thermal coal imports at major ports drop 35% to 17.71 MT in Apr-June: IPA

Impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, coking coal imports too witnessed a decline of 28.49 per cent to 10.69 MT in the quarter

Govt is asking states to stop thermal coal imports: Pralhad Joshi

Making it clear that he was not politicising the issue, the minister said many states are importing thermal coal which is substitutable