Washing coal increases the efficiency and quality of the dry fuel.
Pralhad Joshi says he will replace mines from the auction if chief ministers object but they should understand this will change the economic situation in states.
CIL has identified 14 additional projects involving capital expenditure of more than Rs 3,400 crore under the 'first mile connectivity' initiative to upgrade transport facility at mines
Expressing reservations about the central govt allowing 100% FDI in the coal sector, Banerjee has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to reconsider the decision
A week after India launched the auction process for coal blocks for commercial mining, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said investments should instead be made in non-polluting energy sources
Coal India asserts monopoly as mine-bearing states protest coal auction
There is effectively no strict eligibility criterion for participating in the auction. The companies/joint ventures should be registered in India.
Coal India accounts for over 80 per cent of domestic fuel output
With the start of some economic activity and a slight pickup in power demand, some increase was expected in the company's coal volumes in May
The PSU removed 114.43 million cubic metres of overburden in its open cast mines in April 2020, as compared to 104.22 million cubic metres a year ago, registering an increase of 9.7 per cent
The government plans to auction 50 mines immediately
The government will put up six more airports for auction and "ease" restrictions on Indian air space, says Nirmala Sitharaman.
The eight sectors in which reforms are to be introduced are coal, minerals, defence production, aviation, power discoms in UTs, space technology and atomic energy
India can gain global trade share after the pandemic, but only if it acts quickly
India will be served well by comprehensive capital and labour reforms but it is important to sift the necessary from the desirable
The environment ministry now in its latest note has said, "In the overall scheme of coal, mine, washery and power plant, the extent of ash content in mined coal remains the same"
The mining sector is rooting for a uniform tax subsuming all levies and capped at 40 per cent
The two assets, Talabira II and III, will be used to meet the needs of its existing and future coal fired power plants
Joshi said India stood fifth in terms of coal reserves and the Centre was working towards achieving self-sufficiency in coal production
The state-run miner had a target to produce 660 million tonnes of coal in 2019-20 as against 607 million tonnes produced in the last fiscal