News Brief Jun 01, 2016 Govt defers schedule for commercial mining of coal The government has postponed the schedule of coal mines to be allotted for commercial mining and will shortly come out with a modified one.
News Brief Jun 01, 2016 Coal production in April curtailed on low offtake Coal production had to be curtailed in the month of April on the back of low offtake. The government has set a target of 1.5 billion tonnes coal output by 2020. Coal inventories to the tune of about 50 million tonnes (MT) were lying at the pitheads and about 30 odd MT were at power plants.
News Brief May 01, 2016 Coal supply via MoUs to continue till June Coal supply via memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with plants without linkage and also for those plants with tapering linkages will continue till June 30 for independent power producers (IPPs) of about 9,000 MW generation capacity.
News Brief May 01, 2016 MoC recommends bridge linkage for NTPC plant The standing linkage (long-term) committee on coal under Ministry of Coal (MoC) has recommended grant of bridge linkage to NTPC´s 1,600 MW
News Brief May 01, 2016 India to stop thermal coal imports In view of rising production of the dry fuel, India plans to completely stop thermal coal imports in 2-3 years that would result in annual savings of Rs.40,000 crore, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal said.
News Brief Apr 01, 2016 MoC focuses on starting production in auctioned mines The Ministry of Coal (MoC) is taking various steps to resolve issues related to auctioned mines and allotted blocks, and bring them to production.
News Brief Apr 01, 2016 Coal imports inch up in Feb India´s coal imports inched up by 1.7 per cent in February, the first rise in eight months, as told to Reuters by Coal Secretary Anil Swarup.
News Brief Apr 01, 2016 CIL may miss target by 10-15 MT The state-run Coal India Ltd. (CIL) is likely to miss its production target of 550 million tonne (MT) for the financial year 2015-´16 by 10-15 MT, due to slump in demand.
News Brief Apr 01, 2016 OPGC seeks bridge coal linkage Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (OPGC) has urged the Ministry of Coal (MoC) to provide bridge coal linkage of 16.9 million tonne (MT) every year for four years.