The Centre will soon introduce a national mineral exploration policy which will promote private investment in the sector other than boosting exploration, Union Minister of Mines Narendra Singh Tomar said.
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Hundreds of mines closed following NGT order
Hundreds of minor minerals mines, which failed to obtain the National Green Tribunal (NGT) mandated environment clearance (EC) in Kota region were forced to discontinue operations, leaving thousands of labourers without work.
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Coal auctions, solar plan
Speaking to Bloomberg TV India, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said he plans to seek approval for the next round of coal auctions.
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Coal ministry to allot five mines to power utilities
The Coal Ministry has identified five coal mines for allocation to state-owned power utilities in an effort to smoothen power supply
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CIL trade union opposes investments
As Coal India plans to ramp up production with investment in hi-tech machines, a trade union has denounced the move.
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New norms for transfer of mines
Parliament has cleared amendments to the MMDR Act to enable transfer of previously allotted captive non-coal mines.
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Tracking the global coal plant pipeline | Boom and bust 2016
The world has too many coal-fired power plants, yet the power industry continues to build more. While the amount of electricity generated from coal has declined for two years in a row, the industry has ignored this trend and continues to build new coal-fired generating plants at a rapid pace.
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Adani Enterprises gets backing for Aussie project
Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland agreed that Adani Enterprises should be granted 'all state government approvals' to build one of the world's biggest coal mines, state mining minister Anthony Lynham said.
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Coal India to get anti-theft technology by end April
Coal India's measures to prevent theft by electronically 'fencing' mining areas and fitting trucks with a GPS-based tracking system will be finished by the end of April, a government official said.
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Model code may delay mine allotment
Before kicking off the process of allotting coal mines to States and Central public sector units for commercial mining, the Ministry of Coal is assessing whether the procedure conforms to the model code of conduct of the Election Commission.