The Deputy Director of Mines has put on hold all mining activities at nine coalfields – Jaganath OCP, Nandira colliery, Lingaraj OCP, Bharatpur OCP, Bhubaneswari OCP, Ananta OCP, Chhendipada OCP, Hingula OCP and Kaniha OCP – in Talcher area. The top official alleged that non-submission of permission from the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB). However, [...]

Even as land acquisition hurdles are posing a trouble to Jharkhand Integrated Power Limited’s (JIPL’s) 4,000 MW Tilaiya ultra mega power project (UMPP), the Reliance Power wholly owned subsidiary now has to resolve the critical issue of a stupendous Rs 3,131 crore increase in Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) cost over the original pre-bid estimates. The [...]

The Union Ministry of Coal has decided to one last shot before deallocating the Gondulpara coal block – jointly allocated to Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (TVNL) and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). Earlier, the Ministry had earlier recommended the coal block for de-allocation, has now decided to hold back after the Government of Jharkhand and Jharkhand [...]

A recent working paper on coal by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has made a strong case for efficient utilization of the fuel available in abundance to reduce electricity poverty in India and other developing countries. “India generates 69% of its electricity from coal. While that percentage is projected to be 53% in the New [...]

NTPC fears it may not be able to add at least 12,500 MW of generation capacity, if a solution is not found to coal crisis in the next couple of months. The country’s largest power producer, faced with non-availability of gas for its envisaged plants, has already scaled down its target of having 70,000 MW [...]

As many as 26 project developers were issued show cause notices by the Union coal ministry for the inordinate delay in developing their respective coal blocks. The list includes names such as JV of Kerela State Electricity Board (KSEB), OHPGC and Gujarat Power Generation Corporation Limited – Baltarni west block, JV of IST Steel and [...]

The Urtan North Mining Company is planning to employ the Bord and Pillar (B&P) method of underground mining to mine coal from the Urtan North coal block, which was allotted to the companies for captive use by their end use plants. Urtan North Mining Company is a joint venture of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd [...]

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) is planning to install a 10 MTPA washery at the site of the Balaram opencast project (OCP) with raw coal linkage from Hingula OC mine on a build-operate-maintain (BOM) basis. MCL, which is a subsidary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has invited requests for proposal (RFP) from potential and experienced washery [...]

Madhucon Projects has said that its first coal fired power project with a capacity of 150MW has commenced commercial operations recently. With a total capacity of 1,920MW, the power project is to come up in three phases near Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, is being implemented by special purpose vehicle Simhapuri Energy Pvt Ltd. The first [...]

Coal India has inked fuel supply pacts with 13 power units, including Reliance Power’s Rosa Power project. “Till now Coal India (CIL) has entered into agreements with 13 power units including Rosa Power,” a source was quoted as saying by PTI. The development comes close on the heels of power sector planning body Central Electricity [...]