Coal Imports

DVC has ambitious expansion plans, intending to add total of 9,654 MW of capacity to its existing 6,700 MW from all sources, with goal of increasing its generation capacity to 15,000-16,000 MW by 2023

The ministry has also signed agreements for 29 coal mines auctioned under the sixth round of commercial coal mines auction

Coal imports have seen a 25% fall in the last three years as India strives to increase domestic production and reduce dependence on imports

First ever non-coal zone to achieve the feat

Move to make it a must for units running on imported coal to remain fully functional comes amid 50-80% spike in global coal price

State-owned CIL on Wednesday said it has issued orders for seven coal projects to be developed by mine developer and operators (MDOs). The objective of engaging MDOs through open global tenders is to augment domestic coal production and reduce reliance on import to extent possible. "Coal India Limited (CIL) has issued letters of acceptance for seven coal projects to be pursued through engagement of Mine Developer and Operators," the maharatna firm said in a statement. Of these seven projects, three belong to CIL arm Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) and two to Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL)--another subsidiary of CIL. South Eastern Coalfields Ltd and Eastern Coalfield Ltd account for a solitary project each. The coal behemoth is tracking a total of 15 new coal projects to mine coal through MDOs. CIL will invest Rs 20,600 crore on land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement issues, and in some cases on railway sidings as well. The role of MDOs would be to excavate, extract and del

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

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

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company will be importing 22 lakh metric tonnes of coal during the current financial year. Of this 7.2 lakh MT of coal will be imported in February 2023

CoalMin confident that domestic supply will meet festive season's power demand

A stranded ferry from the Visakhapatnam port is cited to be the reason for plunging it into a deep crisis.

Indian consultancy Coalmint expects September thermal coal imports from Russia to decline 30% from August to 1.4 million tonnes

Stockpiles of the fossil fuel at power plants have fallen about 11% since mid-August, meaning utilities have an average of 10 days supply, well below required levels of more than three weeks

Both coal and crude oil grew 16 per cent year-on-year (YoY), accounting for 105 mt and 65 mt of traffic in the first quarter, even on the back of record high prices

India is planning to import nearly 76 million tonnes (MT) of coal this fiscal year to reach the fossil fuel shortfall in power plants

Surprisingly, its coal more than oil that is emerging as a huge pressure point

The Indonesian company quoted Rs 4,331 crore for the eastern coast tender and Rs 4,497 crore for the west coast.

Bara Daya Energi is blacklisted by Gujarat and was rejected by CIL in first tender

The country's largest domestic supplier has been appointed a quasi-canalising agency for sourcing overseas supplies

UltraTech importing from Russian producer SUEK, valued at 172.7 mn yuan; SUEK's Dubai unit facilitated trade from Russia's Vanino port; traders say other companies set to pay in yuan for Russian coal