Coal Mine Development

Coal Ministry is mulling a plan where it would allow entities holding dry fuel blocks, to surrender them if they are not in a position to develop them

Coal Bed Methane (CBM) gas producer, Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL) said it has signed an agreement with IIT (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, to jointly work on research and development in CBM gas exploration.

India's private companies could start developing coal mines with an annual capacity of 15 million tonnes by the end of March, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi told Reuters, a move that would end the near-monopoly of state-run Coal India.

The Adani conglomerate coming under increasing pressure over its controversial coal mine in Australia said it won't let protests dissuade it from completing the project. The group, controlled by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, is responding to an uptick in scrutiny over the Carmichael development, including from high-profile teen activist Greta Th...

Shortly a build-up of methane caused an explosion and tunnel collapse at a mine in Marwaarh, east of Quetta, the capital of the fossil fuel-rich Balochistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

Vedanta said the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act needs to be amended to make it more attractive.

State-owned Coal India Ltd's consultancy arm has invited applications from global companies for providing consultancy on formulating bid documents with regard to development of underground coal gasification projects.

The development follows allotment of a coal mine in Jharkhand to NLC.

There is a need to cater to the huge demand for coal from the non-power sectors including aluminium, iron &steel, while low demand from the power players should be dealt with proper implementation of UDAY, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said on Monday.

As part of its policy for development of coal gasification, the government has set up an inter-ministerial panel for identifying coal and lignite mines to be put up for auction or allotment.

Environmental groups have been campaigning against the mine, being developed in Queensland by Indian conglomerate Adani Mining.

Seven out of 67 coal mines auctioned and alloted recently have begun operations while the remaining blocks are at various stages of development, government said today.

Seven out of 67 coal mines auctioned and allotted recently have begun operations while the remaining blocks are at various stages of development, the government said on Thursday.

Output from the mine, one of a handful under development in the Galilee Basin of Queensland state, will be mostly exported to India, where it will be central to plans by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring electricity to hundreds of millions of people living off the grid.

GVK Coal Developers, which owns mines in Australia, is burdened with $885 million of debt, according to GVK group's annual report.

Coal Ministry is mulling a plan where it would allow entities holding dry fuel blocks, to surrender them if they are not in a position to develop them

Coal Bed Methane (CBM) gas producer, Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL) said it has signed an agreement with IIT (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, to jointly work on research and development in CBM gas exploration.

India's private companies could start developing coal mines with an annual capacity of 15 million tonnes by the end of March, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi told Reuters, a move that would end the near-monopoly of state-run Coal India.

The Adani conglomerate coming under increasing pressure over its controversial coal mine in Australia said it won't let protests dissuade it from completing the project. The group, controlled by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, is responding to an uptick in scrutiny over the Carmichael development, including from high-profile teen activist Greta Th...

Shortly a build-up of methane caused an explosion and tunnel collapse at a mine in Marwaarh, east of Quetta, the capital of the fossil fuel-rich Balochistan province bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

Vedanta said the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act needs to be amended to make it more attractive.

State-owned Coal India Ltd's consultancy arm has invited applications from global companies for providing consultancy on formulating bid documents with regard to development of underground coal gasification projects.

The development follows allotment of a coal mine in Jharkhand to NLC.

There is a need to cater to the huge demand for coal from the non-power sectors including aluminium, iron &steel, while low demand from the power players should be dealt with proper implementation of UDAY, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said on Monday.

As part of its policy for development of coal gasification, the government has set up an inter-ministerial panel for identifying coal and lignite mines to be put up for auction or allotment.

Environmental groups have been campaigning against the mine, being developed in Queensland by Indian conglomerate Adani Mining.

Seven out of 67 coal mines auctioned and alloted recently have begun operations while the remaining blocks are at various stages of development, government said today.

Seven out of 67 coal mines auctioned and allotted recently have begun operations while the remaining blocks are at various stages of development, the government said on Thursday.

Output from the mine, one of a handful under development in the Galilee Basin of Queensland state, will be mostly exported to India, where it will be central to plans by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring electricity to hundreds of millions of people living off the grid.

GVK Coal Developers, which owns mines in Australia, is burdened with $885 million of debt, according to GVK group's annual report.