7 coal miners killed, 3 critical after series of explosions at Birbhum coal mine
Locals claimed that around 10.30 am they heard a huge sound of explosions and the entire area felt tremors.
Locals claimed that around 10.30 am they heard a huge sound of explosions and the entire area felt tremors.
A group of armed robbers overpowered private security guards in the office of Tilaboni Colliery under Bankola area of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), under Pandaveswar police station of West Burdwan district last night.
During the first half of FY 2024-25, the Ministry of Coal has seen a significant rise in coal production and dispatch from both captive and commercial coal blocks.
Cumulative coal production reached 453.01 million tonnes (MT) in the first six months of FY25 as compared to 427.97 MT during the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 5.85 per cent, the government said on Tuesday.
Rejecting the plea of Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Supreme Court has given relief to state law minister Moloy Ghatak today in relation to the coal theft case.
The coal sector has demonstrated highest growth of 10.2% (provisional), for the month of May 2024 as per the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI)) released by Ministry of Commerce & Industries.
Similarly, the dispatch of coal has shown a growth of 34.25 per cent year-on-year to to 45.68 million tonnes in the first quarter of FY25 from 34.07 million tonnes (MT) in the same April-June quarter of FY24.
The Coal Ministry on Tuesday held discussions with stakeholders on the more stringent guidelines that it plans to introduce for fostering a sustainable approach to coal mining that includes mandatory measures to preserve the environment.
In value term freight revenue went up by 11.1 per cent to Rs. 14,798.11 crores during June 2024 from Rs 13,316.81 crore in the same month last year.
The coal stocks at domestic coal-based Thermal Power Plants is currently at 44.46 million tonnes (MT) which is sufficient to meet the requirements for 18.5 days as per the present level of consumption, the Ministry of Coal said on Monday.
