ONGC bags 5 CBM blocks, Reliance Industries gets 3
State-Run Oil and Natural gas Corp has won five of the nine coal bed methane blocks on offer while Reliance Industries Ltd has clinched
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Panel overturns ruling against strip mining
A US appeals panel has dismissed a lower court's finding that the strip mining of West Virginia mountaintops violates environmental law by allowing vast amounts of coal slag to block hundreds of
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Arrests in Mining Protest
The NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen, the actor Daryl Hannah and more than two dozen other opponents of mountaintop removal mining were arrested during a protest in Raleigh County. The state police said about 30 people were charged after they blocked a road near a Massey Energy subsidiary
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Govt allots captive coal mine block in Jharkhand to NTPC
The Central government, in a serious bid to tackle the mounting coal shortages, has allotted captive coal mine block to the state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in north Karanpura,
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Neyveli Lignite Seeks Coal Blocks That NTPC Lost
3 blocks in Jharkhand hold 836 mt reserves, can feed proposed power projects of Neyveli Lignite SARITA C SINGH NEW DELHI Neyveli Lignite has asked the government to allocate three coal blocks that
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Bid process for Orissa UMPP begins this week
PFC To Invite Pre-Qualification Bids For 4,000 MW Project Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government will kick-start the bidding process for the 4,000 mw Orissa power project this week, undeterred by the setback suffered by the Chhattisgarh ultra mega power project that faces uncertainty over allocation of captive coal blocks.
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After Adani, Reliance Power gets environmental nod
Govt clears Chhatrasal mine, the last of three blocks allotted to ultra mega power plant being developed by the company at Sasan, Madhya Pradesh Anil Ambani promoted-Reliance Power Ltd has received
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Bar on JVs with private cos to develop mineral blocks likely
New Delhi The government is set to consider a proposal for a complete ban on private-public joint ventures (JVs) for developing mineral blocks allocated to state-run corporations and public sector undertakings
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CCI nod to 13 power projects, 25 oil blocks
The government cleared a slew of infrastructure projects in the power and the oil and gas sectors on Monday, entailing investments to the tune of over Rs 58,000 crore. In the oil and gas sector, the Cabinet
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UMPPs can use allotted coal for other projects
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai January 28, 2010, 0:20 IST Extra coal from blocks allotted for an ultra mega power project (UMPP) may also be used by the developer for other projects.
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Long term qualms
The eu, considered a vanguard in the fight against climate change, has faltered; or so it seems. Environment ministers of 25 eu member states recently agreed to achieve substantial cuts in the
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Companies queue up for mineral hunt in Bengal
Over 40 companies are keen on mining coal and other minerals in West Bengal. While about 20 private companies have expressed interest in coal projects in seven blocks, including Bagrakote-Gorubathan
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Coal scam: CBI to grill representatives of 3 PSUs
The CBI is likely to question representatives of three state government-run public sector undertakings (PSUs) next week in connection with its probe related to the Coalgate scam. According to sources, the state government PSUs who were allocated blocks include Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation Limited, West Bengal Mineral Development Trading Corporation, Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation and Maharshtra State Mining Corporation.
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Why CAG Gets it Wrong on Coal: Only sensible reform in coal is to scrap mines nationalisation Act
Allocation of captive blocks through auction will not do away with loot, because any captive mine represents undue benefit, allocated howsoever. The only sensible reform in coal is to scrap the Coal Mines
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Jairam loses no-go battle, allows coal mining in forested Hasdeo Arand
<p> Blocks not actually within the biodiversity-rich region, he says The bastion of Hasdeo-Arand has finally been broken.</p>
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National committee lifts siege of coalmine
The Phulbari unit of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports called off its siege after discussion with the local administration on Thursday afternoon. The committee and local people have been demonstrating since Monday and blocked roads and railways on Wednesday to underscore their demand for compensation for the damage to the last Aman crop, and have ask
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Stratigraphic status of coal horizon in Tatapani–Ramkola Coalfield, Chhattisgarh, India
The palynostratigraphic data given here are based on the explored borecores (TRBD-2, TRBD-3 and TROD-1), by Geological Survey of India. The Permian strata worked-out is about 1174.00 m thick and comprises
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Thar coal-field: Rs 71 million allocated for mining feasibility study
The Pakistan government has allocated an amount of Rs 71 million to conduct a mining feasibility study on an evaluated block of Thar coal-field in the current fiscal year. On completion of this
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300 homes turn gas chambers
Parbatpur (Bokaro), April 4: Kitchen fires have literally stopped burning in Fatehpur of Chandankyari block. Villagers have been surviving on dry gram and puffed rice for the last few days as the presence of coal-bed methane in their homes has made it impossible to strike a match indoors for fear of burning the house down.
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National Mineral Exploration Policy (Non-Fuel and Non-Coal Minerals) 2016
<p>In a bid to attract private investments including foreign direct investment into the business of mineral exploration, the government cleared a new National Mineral Exploration Policy (NEMP). It policy allows for making the basic geoscience data, a pre-requisite for investments in the sector, to be made publicly available</p>