CIL has called for bids to supply 2.4 mt of coal to be delivered for the July to September 2022 period
In the past one year, the non-power sector has seen coal dispatch fall by 33 per cent
This is the first time since India announced its net carbon zero target year of 2070 that the policymakers have initiated discussions on just transition in coal bearing areas
According to industry experts, the government is making all efforts to build up stock of coal to avoid the reoccurrence of power outrages which happened in April
The country's largest coal producer and supplier CIL on Tuesday said it has upped its supplies by 14.2 per cent to coal-based electricity generating plants in the first half of the current month
The Odisha-based miner dispatched 176.17 mt of coal to its consumers, with a 21 per cent growth over the previous year, MCL chairman-cum-managing director Om Prakash Singh said
As per the statement, CIL has around 20,000 women workforce, including those working at its mines
'The Ministry of Coal held a stakeholder consultation on revenue sharing model for discontinued/closed mines of CIL here today with the private sector,' the statement said
As part of the contract, SIS will deploy security personnel in different categories to provide security services across 18 sites
State-owned CIL has supplied 575 million tonnes (MT) of coal so far this fiscal, surpassing the total dispatch of dry fuel in 2020-21.
State-owned CIL on Friday said the second half of the current fiscal year has remained tough for the country's coal sector with decrease in coal imports and tripling of international coal prices.
Coal India is currently supplying around 3.4 lakh tonnes of coal per day to non-power sector, says govt
Maharashtra State Power Generation Co (Mahagenco) had requested WCL to supply 10.5 rakes of coal per day to its power plants in June against 22.5 rakes per day
The power sector's current daily demand is 1.7 mt, of which 1.3 mt is met by CIL
Signs joint venture with Ahmedabad-based Prabha Energy Pvt Ltd for the Jharia Block-1 in Jharkhand
Says it has stepped up deliveries to power sector in the first eight days of September, clocking 20% growth at an average of 1.39 million tonne a day
Mine owned by private companies falling short on their production, observes ministry; warning comes in wake of country's thermal power units facing coal shortage
Production of sand has already started, the coal ministry said in a statement.
State-run CIL on Tuesday said it has engaged Accenture Solutions as consultant for digitalisation of mine process in seven of its select opencast blocks for accelerated performance enhancement.
The development assumes significance as the current inventory of coal behemoth is little over 70 million tonnes (MT).