The countryÂ’s production of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) has grown more than 44 per cent last financial year, to around 565 million standard cubic metres (MMSCM) as compared to 393 MMSCM in 2015-2016. This will help curb IndiaÂ’s dependence on imports for energy supply.
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SECL to set up Kusmunda Coal Washery
The company had recorded provisional production of 12 MT against a target of 11.70 MT as of February 2016, according to a BSE filing by parent company Coal India Ltd. Coal India Ltd is looking at a production target of 1 billion tonnes of coal by 2020.
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SCCL to supply 1 million tonnes of coal to NTECL
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will supply one million tonnes of coal a year to the NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited (NTECL), a joint venture thermal power project of NTPC and TANGEDCO at Vallur (Tamil Nadu).
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Govt receives Rs 2,638 crore from CIL share buyback
The government has garnered about Rs 2,638 crore from buyback of shares of state-run Coal India Ltd, Parliament has been informed. CIL has bought back “7,88,42,816 shares from Government of India out of the total offer of 10,89,55,223 equity shares @ Rs 335 per equity shares.
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Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in Australia secures water licence
Adani Australia's controversial $21-billion Carmichael coal mine has been granted an unlimited 60-year water license, in a move slammed by environmental and legal groups.
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Coal India misses annual production target by 44.48 million tonnes
Coal India has said that it has missed its annual production target by 44.48 million tonnes (MT) as it produced 554.13 MT of coal by the end of 2016-17 against a target of 598.61 MT.
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CCI slaps Rs 591-cr penalty on Coal India
The Competition Commission has imposed a fine of Rs 591 crore on Coal India for allegedly having discriminatory conditions in fuel supply pacts. Apart from directing the company to cease and desist from anti-competitive practices, the watchdog has ordered modification in the agreements.
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Government generates Rs 1,748 crore from auction of 31 coal mines
The government has generated revenue of Rs 17,47.70 crore from the auction of 31 coal blocks.
“The revenue generated till January, 2017 from the auction of 31 coal mines is Rs 17,47,72,47,706,” Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
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High Court upholds decision to cancel JSPL coal block
The Delhi High Court has upheld the government's decision to reject winning bids submitted by Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel & Power Ltd for two coal blocks.
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Adani Enterprises wants to tap Australian fund for coal mine railway
Gautam Adani-led Adani Enterprises has applied for financing from an Australian infrastructure fund to build a rail line that is part of a $16-billion coal project in the state of Queensland, Australia's resources minister said, reports Reuters.
Financing from the A$5 billion Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) would offer a boost to Adani after some major banks said they would not participate in the controversial coal project.