Currently, India is producing at 155 MT annually and is struggling high to cope up with the indiscriminate import of cheaper Chinese steel, especially the value-added products, which has risen over 30 per cent year-over-year and the Union minister stressed for imposing further tightened safeguard measures like enhanced duty and stringent BIS-QCO (Bureau of Indian Standards-Quality Control Order) on imported Chinese steel.
Global warming policies were expected to drive a rapid shift toward a renewables-based energy system dominated by wind and solar.
Empires were once forged in iron and fuelled by coal; today, they may fracture over elements most people cannot spell.
India’s core industrial activity contracted in March 2026, with the combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) falling 0.4 per cent year-on-year compared to March 2025. This marked the weakest performance in nearly two years.
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East and its aftermath have led to a shortage of cooking gas in India. Alongside rising prices of both household and commercial LPG, bookings are now being accepted only after a 25-day gap.
India’s coal dilemma is no longer about whether to move away from thermal power ~ it is about how to make it cleaner without compromising the country’s growing energy needs.
Coal India Limited has signed an MoU with Hindustan Copper Limited to jointly explore and develop opportunities in the copper and critical minerals sectors.
As India aims to scale up its non-conventional energy capacity from the current 220.10 GW to 500 GW by 2030, the Union Coal Minister declared, "Coal production will also peak at an estimated 1.53 billion tonnes by 2030."
Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) at Sripur police outpost under Jamuria police station, alleging that a dumper truck loaded with coal went missing and was later found carrying stone.
The overall coal production in India during May 2025 reached 86.24 MT (Provisional), marking an increase over the 83.96 MT produced in the corresponding period of the previous year.
