Tag: Coal
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Domestic coal production goes up by 28 per cent
The total domestic coal production in 2022-23, as on 31 May is 137.85 MT, which is 28.6 per cent more as compared to the production of 104.83 MT in the same period of last year. This trend is being maintained in June also.
June 19, 2022 -
Coal Imports decline to 209 Million Ton in 2021-22
Coal imports grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.86% during the period 2009-10 to 2013-14. At this CAGR, coal imports would have reached 705 MT in 2020-21 and further to 866 MT in 2021-22. The import of coal could be checked only by sustaining increased domestic supply over the years.
June 2, 2022 -
Power Min directs CEA to check amount of coal consumption
This determination of coal consumption during the said period will give a window of about three weeks for these plants to procure imported coal.
May 29, 2022 -
Coal production increased by 29% during April
In April 2022, the Coal India Ltd. (CIL), Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL) and Captive mines/Others registered a growth of 27.64 per cent, 9.59 per cent and 59.98 per cent by producing 53.47 MT, 5.32 MT and 7.79 MT of coal respectively.
May 10, 2022 -
Coal shortage in power plants: Centre advises states to place orders for imports
The minister gave the advice during a meeting to review the status of import of coal for blending in the thermal power plants with the states.
May 6, 2022 -
Coal production touches 661.54 Lakh tonne
While Coal India Ltd (CIL) and its subsidiaries produced 534.7 lakh tonnes of coal, production by Singareni Colleries Company Ltd (SCCL) stood at 53.23 lakh tonnes and production from captive mines touched 73.61 lakh tonnes during April.
May 3, 2022 -
Railways spend Rs 150 crore in repairing wagons to ensure coal supplies to power plants
Indian Railways is grappling with the problem of damaged wagons that is not only affecting its normal operations but also leading to delay in coal supplies. To manage the crisis the Railways has spent more than Rs 150 crore in repairing around 2000 damaged and dilapidated wagons over the last four months to augment coal movement to power plants, official data has revealed.
May 2, 2022 -
Amid shortages Railways deploy additional rakes to transport coal to power plants
To ensure a swift supply of coal across power plants, additional trains and rakes by Indian Railways have been initiated to augment the transportation of coal through its network, the Ministry of Railways said in a statement.
April 25, 2022 -
Mineral Production Records 13.2 per cent Cumulative Growth
The Indian Bureau of Mines has released provisional day which says that the cumulative growth for the period April to February 2021-22 over the corresponding period of the previous year has increased by 13.2 per cent.
April 14, 2022 -
Cabinet approves policy for using land acquired under Coal Bearing Areas Act
The policy provides for the utilisation of such land for the purpose of development and setting up infrastructure relating to coal and energy.
April 13, 2022 -
India stares at power shortage in summer demand due to coal supply crisis
Global thermal coal prices have remained elevated as a fallout of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which disrupted trade flows and crippled supply amid additional demand from Europe, which has now sanctioned Russian coal.
April 13, 2022 -
India’s coal import declines by 20 percent from Apr- Dec 2021
The data released by the Coal Ministry here on Tuesday revealed that import of all grades of non coking coals has come down from 147 Million Metric Tons (MT) in April-December 2020 to mere 117 MT in April-December 202.
March 8, 2022 -
Centre asks coal companies to increase production to cut energy import bill
Coal is playing a pivotal role to meet the energy requirements and its role has become more important due to the new international developments, steep increase in fuel prices including that of coal, said Union Coal Secretary Anil Kumar.
March 7, 2022 -
Coal Ministry plans revival of 100 discontinued coal mines
The Union Coal Ministry had a consultation with all the stakeholders, mainly private players, to start these discontinued 100 coal mines on revenue sharing basis, said a senior officer of the Union Coal Ministry here on Friday
February 25, 2022 -
Government introduces Enterprise Resource Planning system in Coal India to ensure transparency
The ERP is a great tool of IT (Information Technology) intervention that would help CIL to improve its business performance and growth with enhanced data integrity and cost effectiveness, the Minister said while inaugurating the ERP system for Coal India Ltd.
February 24, 2022 -
Coal shortage now at alarming levels, say aluminium producers
In its representation to the Ministry, the AAI has lauded the combined efforts by the Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited in reviving domestic coal production, which has helped ease the coal supply crisis for the Power Sector.
February 1, 2022 -
India’s first Coal to Methanol Plant starts commercial produciton
The 0.25 TPD (Tons per Day) capacity CTM pilot plant was designed, developed and installed by the BHEL, and has been producing methanol with 99 % accuracy, said CMD Shinghal Nalin Shinghal.
January 16, 2022