Iron ore cargo through Major Ports has logged the sharpest growth among all commodities in the April-December period. Till the end of December, iron ore shipments were up from 12.7 million tonnes (MT) to 32.4 MT, a rise of 154 per cent.
Category: Coal & Mining
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Coal imports down 25percent at 14 MT in December
Coal imports have fallen by 25 per cent to 14.31 million tonnes (MT) in December, due to higher availability of domestic fuel. The country had imported 19.15 MT of coal in December 2015.
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Coal India hikes coking coal prices by over 20 per cent
Coal India subsidiary, Bharat Coking Coal, has raised prices of coking coal used in sponge iron making by a minimum of 20 per cent. It has also linked prices of premium grades of coking coal with the import prices.
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ArcelorMittal’s Rs 50,000-crore mining project fails to get green nod
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.
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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.