The pit as a destination
There is a particular quality to the silence that settles over a coal mine when operations cease.
There is a particular quality to the silence that settles over a coal mine when operations cease.
Leader of the Opposition, Umang Singhar, raised the issue during Question Hour in the ongoing Budget Session.
In a significant step towards strengthening India’s energy security and accelerating economic growth, the Union ministry of coal has executed Coal Mine Development and Production Agreements (CMDPAs) with the Kolkata-based Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for three commercial coal blocks ~ Dhulia North, Mandakini B and Pirpainti Barahat.
Efforts to rescue eight labourers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district are on as specialized navy divers work alongside the army and the National Disaster Response Force personnel.
In a tragic incident in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, at least three miners were feared killed while 17 others are still trapped in a flooded rat-hole mine in the 3 Kilo area of Umrangso in Assam.
Land owners have threatened to launch a major agitation and movement against the land acquisition of central public sector Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) at Nituria Block of Purulia district for its upcoming open cast coal mines project.
The meeting was conducted under the chairmanship of Additional Secretary & Nominated Authority M Nagaraju
Ghatal MP and Tollywood superstar Dev alias Dipak Adhikary visited the largest open cast coal mine of Sonepur Bazari in Pandaveswar today to select the site of his next film.
The death toll from a coal mine accident in Kazakhstan has reached 45, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
The incident took place in BS Mining Outsourcing company's excavation project in West Modidih colliery at around 6 a.m.
