The captive power plant of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) in Angul has started regulating power supply to the smelter, located next to it, owing to acute coal crisis.

The Nalco CPP has reached super critical condition where it has only two days coal supply.

The power supply to the Nalco smelter plant will be regulated till the coal stock of its captive power plant (CPP) stabilizes.

A team of high level officials including the chairman of the Orissa State Pollution Control Board and the additional secretary of the state steel and mines department would visit the Ananta open cast mine on Sunday.

A huge fire has been raging at this coal mine since Wednesday which is under the command area of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), putting the company authorities in a spot.

Dhanbad: Officers of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) have joined hands with the company management to motivate workers to help boost production to meet the 28.5-million tonne target and help the firm earn a mini ratna status this fiscal.

S Saroj Kumar

Chennai: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked cement units in the country to reduce their dependence on coal and turn towards the use of plastic waste to bridge the supply gap for coal.

Raniganj, Dec. 20: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said he would take up with Delhi the problems the state was facing over Coal India

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 19, 2009, 1:17 IST

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To study the feasibility of coal transportation through waterways, a team of Dutch experts including two members of Netherlands Embassy visited the Haldia Dock Complex today and discussed the matter with senior port officials.