India's coal import rises over 20 per cent in May; import volumes may be subdued in ongoing monsoon
Business | July 11, 2021 10:26 ISTThe country had imported 16.54 MT of coal in May last fiscal, according to data compiled by mjunction Services.
The country had imported 16.54 MT of coal in May last fiscal, according to data compiled by mjunction Services.
An accident at a small-scale coal mine project in a northern Mexico border state has left an undetermined number of miners trapped on Friday, officials said.
India's coal import saw a drop of 18.6 per cent to 116.81 million tonnes (MT) during April-October this fiscal as against the same period a year ago.
CIL's coal allocation under special forward e-auction for the power sector registered a rise of 8.4 per cent to 7.94 million tonnes (MT) in April-August period of the ongoing fiscal.
Private player Jindal Steel and Power on Saturday lauded the reforms announced by the government for domestic coal sector, saying the measures will encourage players in the sector to adopt clean technologies for steel making.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has written to Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi, requesting for the share of additional levy collected from coal block allottees to enable the state government to work effectively towards prevention of Covid-19 infection.
After more than five-year wait, the government may finally throw open the doors of the regulated coal sector for commercial mining by the private sector comprising both Indian and overseas miners in July.
The Centre has asked generating companies, including NTPC, Tata Power, Reliance Power to reduce the import of dry-fuel for blending purposes and replace it with domestic coal
In a historic shock amid the COVID-19 pandemic, coal is set for the largest decline since World War II alongside sharp reductions for oil and gas, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday in a report.
The police claimed to have busted a coal theft racket in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on Thursday by arresting four persons including an official of the government-run South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma will lead a high-level delegation to South Korea soon to explore possibilities of replicating land reclamation processes tested in that country in the coal mines of Meghalaya
The eight core sectors had expanded by 4.3 per cent in September 2018. Production of seven sectors of coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, cement, steel, and electricity contracted in September.
"As a result, we expect India to overtake China as the largest importer of global coking coal by 2025, despite the country only importing half as much as China in 2017," it added.
Real-time monitoring of the movement of the goods trains has started in the control office application system through ISRO's satellite. GPS systems in more than 700 trains have been installed for this. Goods trains, especially those which transport coal and oil (diesel and petrol), are major source of earnings for Indian Railways. However, complaints of theft of oil and coal are often received, which involves the running staff, railway security forces (RPF), and local employee mafia of railway stations.
This comes at a time when the government is mulling relaxing the timeline for achieving the 1 billion tonne coal production target for Coal India.
The accident inside the coal pit on Thursday was of significance, especially because the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had ordered an interim ban on "rat-hole" coal mining in the state from April 17, 2014.
Reacting to the Global Carbon Project estimates, published Christian Aid's International Climate Lead Mohamed Adow told IANS: "All the warm words spoken at the UN climate summit in Poland won't help prevent climate change.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) last week sought public opinion on whether same rules should be be prescribed for OTT applications (providing calling and instant messaging services) as are applicable on telecom operators.
Truck carrying coal catches fire at Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Three days after raising the alarm over the alleged “coal shortage”, Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain has said that the situation has “worsened”.
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