The Environment Ministry has shot down a Rs 50,000-crore proposal from ArcelorMittal for a mining project in the dense Saranda forest area of Jharkhand.
Category: Coal & Mining
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Coal India close to achieving e-auction target for FY17
Coal India has almost achieved its e-auction target for the current fiscal, and is looking at offering additional supplies.
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Rajasthan´s e-auction for 4 mining blocks soon
To consolidate Rajasthan´s position in the mining sector, the state government will soon conduct an e-auction of three limestone and a copper block. A pre-bidding conference was held earlier to this regard.
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´Coal Mitra´ portal launched to facilitate flexibility in domestic coal utilisation
Power Minister Piyush Goyal, has launched ´Coal Mitra´, a portal for flexibility in utilisation of domestic coal. He also released reports on ´Renewable Energy Integration: Transmission an Enabler´, ´Green Energy Corridor II´ and ´Electricity Demand Pattern Analysis´.
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Jindal unit shut due to coal crisis
One of the two 600 MW units of independent power producer, Jindal India Thermal Power Plant Limited (JITPL), Kaniha, has been closed for the last few days due to want of coal.
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‘Coal Mitra’ portal launched to facilitate flexibility in domestic coal utilisation
Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal, has launched ‘Coal Mitra’, a Web portal for flexibility in utilisation of domestic coal. He also released reports on ‘Renewable Energy Integration: Transmission an Enabler’, ‘Green Energy Corridor II’ and ‘Electricity Demand Pattern Analysis’.
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Can’t Wish Away Coal
Benjamin Sporton, Chief Executive of the powerful London-based World Coal Association (WCA), urges India to move over to high-efficiency, low-emission coal-fired power plants, and predicts that there is enough room for all sources of energy in the country's rapidly expanding economy.
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Coal India finds no takers for imported supplies
Minister of State for Coal, Power, Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal has said that no thermal power plant/coal company has approached CIL (Coal India Ltd) for supply of imported coal for 2016-17.
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A Mine of Opportunities
Of all mining equipment globally, surface mining equipment enjoyed the highest market share, around 31 per cent, in 2015. Mineral processing equipment, underground mining equipment, mining drills and breakers, crushing, pulverising and screening equipment, and other mining equipment lagged behind.
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Iron ore handling surges at major ports
Handling of iron ore has rebounded at major ports following the resumption of mining in Goa, Karnataka and Odisha after a long gap. In the first half of the current financial year ended September 2016