Sixteen people trapped in a coal mine in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Sunday were killed due to the presence of excessive levels of carbon monoxide, official media reported.
Mining company Thriveni Earthmovers has bagged a contract worth Rs 31,428 crore from NTPC to develop and operate Talaipalli coal mine in Chhattisgarh alloted to the state-owned power giant. "Thriveni Earthmovers... a Coimbatore-based mining company, has bagged another mine development and operation contract from NTPC on August 26, with a contract value of Rs 31,428 crore," an official on the condition of anonymity said. Earlier, NTPC had terminated the contracts it had awarded to BGR Mining & Infra for development of its coal mines in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh over allegations of corruption against senior officials of the private mining company. NTPC had terminated the contracts for development and operation of Chatti-Bariatu coal mine in Jharkhand and Talaipalli coal mine in Chhattisgarh, according to two separate letters dated July 4, 2019 by NTPC. NTPC had awarded mine development and operation contract of the Chatti-Bariatu mine to BGR in November 2017. In the same month, it .
Lenders are also wary about sustained demand for coal, which is seen globally as a dirty fuel but is still the biggest source for electricity generation in India.
State demands higher share of fuel as it accounts for a major chunk of CIL's output, claims it is losing Rs 200 cr a year in revenue as some industries are importing coal
Decision entails an additional burden of Rs 75 cr; earlier compensation was twice the market price of land surrendered
The incident happened on Monday when 35 miners were working underground at the coal mine in Pingyao County when the blast happened, the Shanxi Administration of Coal Mine Safety said.
KPMG has also looked at some of the active mining contractors and compared their financial and technical competencies
The company in a public statement said the Union government has accepted the request of surrendering the mine
On a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, the captive coal producers logged 31.6 per cent growth
The agitation by locals over employment, was called off Thursday with production resuming at the mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a Coal India Ltd (CIL) subsidiary
The cause of the accident at the site, run by Baiji Mining, is still under investigation
As the area's last active mine bows out, many are mourning not just the end of a once-mighty industry but of a way of life
In total, about 250 litres of freshwater are required per tonne of coal produced
The order has come as a legal endorsement of the NDA government's auctioning of coal mining rights
One dies as 'illegal' coal mine caves in MP