Ministry of Coal (India)

                   

Adani’s Gondia power plant faces coal block

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yesterday
        

New Delhi: Protests by activist groups and a high-profile politician are threatening to block a coal mining project of the Adani Group in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district that is to come up near the Tadoba Andhari National...

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Margin money clause hits IPPs

business-standard.com
14-Nov-2008
        

To get coal linkages, Independent Power Producers (IPPs) will have to deposit 10 per cent of the equipment cost as margin money with the equipment suppliers, according to the latest feedbacks received

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Power stations in critical state as coal supply slips

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12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Non-availability of domestic coal and low coal imports by power utilities between April and October 2008 have pushed 55 power stations in the country to the 'critical' category and rendered another 33

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CESC, Essar Power seek government intervention for coal block

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09-Nov-2008
        

The Kolkata-based CESC Limited and Mumbai based Essar Power have sought the intervention of the Orissa government to secure coal blocks from the Centre. These Independent Power Producers (IPPs) requested the state government to...

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Coal linkage panel to meet amid allegations

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09-Nov-2008
        

The Coal Allocation Committee of the coal ministry is scheduled to meet tomorrow amid allegations by certain Members of Parliament (MPs) of favouritism towards certain “shell” companies promoted by politicians and bureaucrats....

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India, Aus pact to promote coal sector

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06-Nov-2008 5 related
        

India and Australia entered into a collaboration to boost trade and investment in the coal sector by focusing on upcoming mining techniques and services, coal to liquid and coal-bed methane projects, an official statement said.

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livemint.com: Ways of coping: A coal mine in Andhra Pradesh. India will not meet its projected demand of 730mt by 2012, unless 100mt of coal is imported. Noah Seelami / AFP livemint.com

Power utilities complain of poor quality coal

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06-Nov-2008 5 related
        

Power utilities in Orissa are sore over the low quality of supply of coal by Coal India subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) resulting in fall in generation. It is estimated that over the past few months, generation at NTPC...

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livemint.com: Power struggle: A power plant run by NTPC in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. The state-owned NTPC was asked to give up the coal block before the Sasan project was awarded to Reliance Power Ltd. Harikrishna Katragadda / Mint livemint.com

NTPC’s coal block taken away for Sasan

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06-Nov-2008
        

New Delhi: Nearly two years before the government allowed Reliance Power Ltd to divert surplus coal from blocks alloted for its Sasan power plant to other projects, the Centre had asked state-owned NTPC Ltd to surrender one of...

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Coal India to submit report on Aerotropolis impact soon

thehindubusinessline.com
06-Nov-2008 7 related
        

Kolkata, Nov. 5 The controversy over the economic impact of constructing the country’s first Aerotropolis at the high quality thermal coal bearing zone of Andal (approximately 150 km from Kolkata) may take a definitive turn...

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Narrow escape for Buddha, Paswan

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02-Nov-2008 92 related
        

CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and coal minister Ram Vilas Paswan had a narrow escape when a landmine exploded within minutes of their convoy passing through Baroa near here in Maoist-infested West Midnapore district, leaving six...

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