Unreliable domestic dispatches prompt customers to either pay more for imports or stop operations
The ministry of coal has entrusted the additional charge of director (finance) to Pramod Agrawal for six months
The ministry plans to float a note for the Union Cabinet's approval by February and kick-start the new auction process by the middle of next year
Coal India Ltd (CIL) is aiming for the highest-ever closing stock at power plants, the PSU said
On an average, captive power plant-based industries are getting less than 50 per cent of the coal against secured linkages and Coal India Ltd (CIL) auctions
Coal India had temporarily paused auctions of coal to non-power customers and reduced contracted supplies in October
The move will increase coal evacuation capacity of the PSU through rail mode by an additional 330 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by FY2023-24 when the production is expected to scale up significantly
The broader indices lagged in trade on Monday. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with losses of 0.9 per cent and 1.9 per cent, respectively
The dispatch of coal to the power sector by state-owned CIL rose 22.7 per cent to 291.72 million tonne (MT) in the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year
Global slowdown leading to lower prices, fall in e-auction volumes and higher-than-expected wages are downside risks
The government on Thursday said state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is quietly engaged in further consolidating its sustainable development goals.
Coal India Ltd on Wednesday said the company is aiming at investing Rs 40,000-50,000 crore as capital expenditure in the next 4-5 years.
China, US and India are the three biggest polluters, and all three have now pledged to zero-out their emissions in the decades ahead.
The firm accounts for over 80 per cent of the total domestic coal output
Coal India's plan to raise prices is likely to be delayed as it has failed to secure the nod of key stakeholders amid an outstanding of Rs 24,000-25,000 crore pushing company in a tough situation
The development assumes significance in view of the country's power plants grappling with fuel shortages
The mechanics of production and supply logistics suggest that power producers will struggle in the coming year too
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said state-owned CIL has stepped up fuel supply to meet the increased demand of the power sector and arrest shortages at thermal power plants
Union power ministry in August decided to limit the stock holding to 15 days, which implied it wanted power plants to stock the bare minimum of what CEA advises
State-owned CIL on Tuesday said the supply of coal was prioritised temporarily to power producers to replenish their dwindling stock of the dry fuel. The statement assumes significance in the wake of the country's power plants grappling with fuel shortages. "In view of the low stock position at the power house end due to a spurt in economic activities during post-second wave of COVID-19, the supply of coal was prioritised temporarily to the power sector to replenish their dwindling coal stock," Coal India Ltd (CIL) said in a statement. To achieve the same in the quickest possible time, coal companies were advised only to go slow temporarily on conducting further e-auction of coal, barring the special forward e-auction for power. "This was a highly transitory measure to tide off the current high demand scenario in the power sector and normalcy will be restored soon," the filing said. Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday discussed ways to improve coal stocks at thermal power plant