Tag: Coal

A new research article published in a peer-reviewed journal shows that India could cut its electricity costs by about 40 per cent with a rapid transition of its power sector from coal to renewables by 2050.

The protesters demanded to include the 192 acre land at Phase-3 in Gopal Prasad under the rehabilitation scheme and provide jobs to each member from the 140 families evicted from the land for mining.

The government on Wednesday said there is an appropriate amount of coal stocks in the country and there is no need to panic.

While Indian national politics have hesitated to engage in discussion on moving away from coal for multiple reasons, progress is being made at the sub-national level, with several states considering pivoting away from new coal.

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting Odisha demand for a hike in coal royalty, the Center today said that there will be no increase in the royalty in the current situation. Briefing media persons after a meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here, Union Coal secretary Anil Swarup said that to increase royalty on a […]

Talcher: The economic blockade called by Talcher Suraksha Manch demanding fulfillment of a 12-point charter of demands entered the second day on Tuesday. According to sources, the blockade has adversely affected coal production at all mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL). Transportation of coal to Nalco and NTPC has also come to a halt due […]

Bhubaneswar: A major fire which broke out at the Lingaraj stockyard of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) has ravaged coal worth lakhs of rupees. Sources said, the fire which was noticed by labourers of the stockyard three days back, is yet to be brought under control. “The MCL is busy celebrating mines safety week and thousands […]

New York: Love to eat food cooked on the barbecue? Beware, it is associated with increased risk of respiratory illness or death, researchers warned. Compared to those who used electricity or gas, chronic and acute respiratory disease hospitalisations or deaths were 36 per cent higher among those who used wood or coal for cooking, researchers, […]

New Delhi: India’s first plant to convert coal to synthetic gas is to be set up in Odisha under the supervision of state-run gas transmission utility GAIL, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. Addressing industry chamber FICCI on the domestic production potential of hydrocarbons, the Minister said the synthetic gas was expected to be cheaper […]

Kolkata: The Coal India board on Tuesday approved non-coking coal price hike for both power and non-power consumers. The price increase is expected to push the miner’s revenue up by Rs 1,956 crore for the remaining period of the current fiscal. The price revision is effective from Tuesday and the projected incremental annual revenue would […]

Kolkata: Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Friday said its production grew by 13 per cent in October so far and the growth in coal dispatch to power sector was around 22 per cent till Thursday. “Union Coal Minister (Piyush Goyal) complimented the employees of CIL for their diligence and perseverance for achieving 10.1 per cent […]

Kolkata: Coal India Ltd (CIL), which produces 84 per cent of the country’s total output of the mineral, has planned to invest Rs 8,500 crore as capital expenditure in 2017-18, its latest annual report said. “The capital expenditure for the year 2017-18 has been set at (Rs) 8,500 crore,” the miner said in its annual […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at tackling global warming. The order seeks to suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels. As part of the roll-back, Trump […]

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase royalty on coal and release 60 per cent share of Clean Environment Cess to coal-bearing states

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called upon Asian steel makers to set up shop in the state making use of the rich resources like iron ore, coal, chrome and other minerals that are on offer. “I invite the steel producers to set up their industries in Odisha with the best possible facilitation by […]