A day's strike can affect Coal India's production in the range of 1.5-2.5 million tonne
Major central trade unions, including INTUC, AITUC, CITU, HMS and AICCTU, are supporting the strike
Among its constituents Coal India rose 7.3 per cent, ONGC 5.3 per cent, BPCL 4.5 per cent, and Nalco and Indian Oil by above 3 per cent each
Metal stocks gained after China said it will hold trade talks with the United States in early October, raising hopes they can de-escalate their trade war.
Lead time for mine development, challenges in commercial mining are issues NTPC and private miners will have to overcome
Company officials are of the view that with these two developments, its largest consumer, NTPC may develop its own coal mining capabilities which in turn will result in reduced demand from it
Investment bankers said the falling share price of PSUs would mean that the government would not only miss the disinvestment target but also not get good valuation
Coal washing improves the quality by reducing the ash content to 33 per cent from the earlier 40-45 in average coal in India
Agencies like SCCLCIL try to lure the potential job seekers with job offers
Further fresh auction of coal mines to private players can also lead to higher competition for Coal India
Despite flat sales volume, higher prices drove the company's sales revenue to rise by 3.64 per cent to Rs 23,223 crore
Company sources estimate that this entire backlog of rake allocation can be cleared in the next 3-4 months
After a Supreme Court judgment cancelled all coal mine allocations made over the past decade, the BJP-led central government held e-auction to reallocate them
He told the Lok Sabha that a number of important steps have been taken to augment and monitor coal dispatches to power plants
The company is on the lookout for UAVs with extremely high endurance time and a massive payload capacity
State-run miner is eyeing assets abroad as it feel domestic production would be insufficient to meet coking coal and high-grade fuel demand
The target for revenue from operations (net) has been fixed at Rs 1 trillion for FY2019-20
Higher prices aided profitability but e-auction realisations falling
Coal India earned a net profit of Rs 1,302.63 crore the same quarter in FY18
While there are no official figures, one estimate pegs pilferage at 6.8 mn tonnes, which works out to a loss of Rs 900 cr a year