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Basalt mining work resumes at West Bengal’s Deocha Pachami coal block, activists allege crackdown by administration

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Basalt mining work resumes at West Bengal’s Deocha Pachami coal block, activists allege crackdown by administration

The gathering of protestors on March 6, 2025, at Sagarbandi under Mohammed Bazar block in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, close to where basalt mining work has started since February this year. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Basalt mining work at the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal project resumed on Thursday (March 6, 2025) evening, March 6, 2025, … Read more

Jharkhand Assembly elections: Will hang corrupt leaders upside down, stop coal smuggling if BJP voted to power, says Amit Shah

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Jharkhand Assembly elections: Will hang corrupt leaders upside down, stop coal smuggling if BJP voted to power, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a public meeting for the Jharkhand Assembly election, in Jharia, Jharkhand. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) slammed the JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for alleged corruption and coal smuggling and urged voters to strengthen BJP’s hands so that “corrupt leaders are … Read more

Singareni coal company holds awareness campaign titled ‘Ujwala Singareni’ across the coal belt

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Singareni coal company holds awareness campaign titled ‘Ujwala Singareni’ across the coal belt

To motivate its workforce to work more efficiently to reduce the cost of coal production, the management of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) organised a two-day awareness campaign in all its 40 coal mines and different departments across the State’s coal belt on Thursday and Friday. The campaign christened “Ujwala Singareni – The … Read more

Rajasthan exploring scope for promoting coalbed methane, underground coal gasification

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Rajasthan exploring scope for promoting coalbed methane, underground coal gasification

The Rajasthan government is exploring the scope for promoting coalbed methane and underground coal gasification with the lignite reserves available in the State to evolve a model of gas-based economy. The research and development in these spheres is expected to help in the identification and growth of additional sources of energy. The crude oil is … Read more

Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

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Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Energy and Finance, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Telangana Government has urged the Central Government to allot all the mining blocks in the coal belt area of the State to public sector miner Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of … Read more

Sanjiv Bhasin’s top stock picks post yesterday’s market bloodbath

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Sanjiv Bhasin’s top stock picks post yesterday’s market bloodbath

“The excesses were created on Monday because of the exit poll getting it all wrong and people leveraging in PSUs and so on of defence. I always held the view that defence and railways were overpriced to 2027 level and PSU selective are very-very frothy,” says Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities.Real slam dunk for the … Read more

G7 agrees to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s

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G7 agrees to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s

G7 energy and climate ministers agreed a time frame Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants that are not equipped to capture emissions in a significant step towards curbing fossil fuel use.The Group of Seven two-day meeting in Turin is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN’s COP28 climate summit … Read more

Worker dies in accident in coal handling plant in Dr. NTTR Thermal Power Station

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Worker dies in accident in coal handling plant in Dr. NTTR Thermal Power Station

A casual labourer, Mallavarapu Sowri Babu (32), died after he came under the wheels of a coal rake in the Coal Handling Plant (CHP) in Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (Dr.NTTPS), at Kondapalli, on Vijayawada outskirts on the morning of November 4. West Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), K. Hanumantha Rao, said … Read more

No request from State govt. to withdraw permission to NLC to mine in Cuddalore: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

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No request from State govt. to withdraw permission to NLC to mine in Cuddalore: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the Centre had not received any request from the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw permission to NLC India to start mining operations in Mine III in Cuddalore district. Mr. Joshi also said there was “no proposal to withdraw the proposed Mine III … Read more

NTPC to hive off coal mining business into arm in Rs 7,795-crore deal

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NTPC to hive off coal mining business into arm in Rs 7,795-crore deal

MUMBAI – State-owned power producer NTPC Ltd has received board approval to hive off its coal mining operations into a wholly-owned subsidiary NTPC Mining Ltd. The coal mining business generated revenue of Rs 4,012 crore in FY23, and contributed 2.25% to NTPC’s total revenue during the period. NTPC Mining is a 100% subsidiary of NTPC … Read more