To handle capsize vessels up to 200,000 DWT, Gangavaram Port will have an additional fully mechanised coal terminal. Adding of the coal terminal is part of the port's Rs 1,200 crore ongoing expansion.
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Category: Coal & Mining
Coal banking referred to law ministry
The proposal of coal banking arrangement, which was mooted by the Association of Power Producers (APP), has been referred to the Union Law Ministry for its opinion. According to APP, this could increase the do¡m¡es¡tic supply and thereby reduce imports.
Report on PPP policy in coal mining
By December 2013, government expects a nine-member panel to submit report on devising public-private-partnership (PPP) framework in the coal mining sector. In March 2013, the government set up the panel under the chairmanship of Coal Secretary SK Srivastava to devise PPP framework
Govt is striving to give CBI all documents in coal blocks case
The Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has stated in the Rajya Sabha recently that the government will make every effort to locate and supply the additional documents required by CBI regarding allocation of coal blocks. Coal Ministry has already handed over 769 files and other documents consisting of more than 1,50,000 pages to CBI. He said that an Inter Ministerial Committee headed by Additional Secretary, Coal has been constituted to locate the documents which are not readily available in
Govt striving for allocation of coal blocks: Minister
Union Coal Minister, Sriprakash Jaiswal on August 20 said that the government will make every effort to locate and supply the additional documents required by CBI regarding allocation of coal blocks. Coal Ministry has already handed over 769 files and other documents consisting of more than 1,50,000 pages to CBI.
Govt expects report on PPP policy in coal mining by Dec
By December 2013, government expects a nine-member panel to submit report on devising public-private-partnership (PPP) framework in the coal mining sector. In March 2013, the government set up the panel under
the chairmanship of Coal Secretary SK Srivastava to devise PPP framework
Govt asks CIL to sign coal supply pacts for 78,000 mw
The Coal India (CIL) and its subsidiaries have been directed to enter into fuel supply pacts with the power firms for a capacity of 78,000 mw by this month-end. The Union Coal Ministry had issued a presidential directive to CIL directing it to sign FSAs for about 78,000 mw. Earlier, CIL was asked to sign FSAs for 60,678 mw capacity which was the projected requirement for 131 power plants commissioned or to be commissioned by March, 2015, say media reports.
Govt identified 3 blocks for Coal-to- Liquid projects
In order to develop coal liquefaction or coal-to- liquid technology, three coal blocks viz. north of Arkhapal, west of Radhikapur and Ramchandi promotional would be developed. These blocks, which have about 1,500 million tonne of geological coal reserves each, were identified by the Ministry of coal in consultation with Coal India (CIL) and central mine planning & desig
Transport of coal via road may cause pollution
Citing adverse effect from pollution, TDP leader and former minister Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy opposed any move to transporting coal by road from the general cargo berth in Visakhapatnam Port. At a press conference, Murthy opposed the transportation of coal by road stating it would bring back the pollution
Govt asks CIL to supply coal for another 18K mw plants
The government has asked Coal India to supply fuel to an additional 18,000 megawatts of new thermal power capacity that will come up by March 2015, but the state firm feels it will not need to supply any additional coal.
Extra coal supplies may not be really required. CIL has been given to understand that the extra 18,000 mw that has been added to the list of supplies are not likely to come up before the deadline of March 2015. Beyond the deadline we do not know yet, CIL Chairman S Narsing Rao

