This paper analyses the periodic coal shortages in the post-monsoon months at power plants in India and suggests some ways forward to address them. Such periodic shortages result in increased cost of electricity
Public sector mining giant Coal India Ltd supplied 488 million tonne (MT) of fuel to the power sector in the 2018-19 fiscal, registering an increase of 7.4 per cent over the previous year. The world's
A CIL official on the condition of anonymity said these were the two operational underground mines left and the rest had been closed down in the plea of converting every coal mine a cost plus mine.
Mine workers in Sardih, Salanpur, Khaskenda, Neokenda, Pandebswar, Harishpur and Haripur said illegal mining at present has come to a halt and the de pots from where the illegal coal are despatched in
This statistics incorporates provisional information regarding coal, coal products & lignite of the preceding financial year along with past few years on reserve, production, despatch, pit-head closing
NEW DELHI: Low coal stock at several generation units is a problem of their own making as they ignored warnings against reducing offtake from Coal India Ltd (CIL) during periods of subdued power demand.
State-owned Coal India today said it has asked power plants not to restrict intake of coal during monsoon when electricity demand drops usually. "Coal India (CIL) has urged power stations not to restrict
The Coal India Limited (CIL) is on the move to erect a thermal power unit in Bokaro and is looking for a Joint Venture for this proposed unit. Talks are on with National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
Whether the law will be passed in Parliament is not clear given the long disruption, so an ordinance can also be considered next month. The government is looking at the possibility of clarifying an
Move will allow both domestic and foreign players to sell the fuel in open market as a commodity, at market-determined prices Cabinet ends Coal India monopoly, allows commercial mining by private
