Gandhinagar: Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) in a note today informed it has executed a Coal Mining Development and production Agreement with Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India for “Kudanali-Lubri” coal mine, Odisha in an event held at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi today. This is GMDC's third commercial coal mine in Odisha. GMDC note further stated the “Kudanali-Lubri” coal mine in Angul district is in close proximity to GMDC’s existing coal mine “Baitarni West”, which ...Read More

ગાંધીનગરઃ રાજ્યની વીજ જરૂરિયાતમાં નોંધપાત્ર વધારો થઇ રહ્યો છે જે છેલ્લા ૫ વર્ષો દરમિયાન ૬% થી વધુના વાર્ષિક દરે (CAGR) વધી રહ્યો છે. રાજ્યમાં વર્ષ ૨૦૨૩-૨૪ દરમિયાન ૨૪૫૪૪ મેગાવોટની મહત્તમ વીજ માં�...Read More

New Delhi:Aligning with the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for attaining energy independence by 2047 and to ensure “Atma-Nirbharta (self-reliance) in coal”, the Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri G Kishan Reddy will launch the 10th round of Commercial Coal Block Auctions during the next week. The minister has directed that complete transparency and revenue maximization should be ensured. During 10th round of auction, about 62 blocks are likely to be offered without end us...Read More

Kutch: The state monitoring cell (SMC), working under the supervision of the Director General of Police (DGP) on Friday, excavated a well-established mafia. The racket was stealing imported coal and was putting back inferior quality coal in the consignment in Kutch. After getting a tip, SMC raided a farm behind the highway hotel in Samakhiyali. They detained 15 people with 12 vehicles. Police also found and seized 559 metric tonnes of coal worth Rs 46 lakh imported from Australia. Unloading o...Read More

Gandhinagar: The first load of coal has been dispatched through a newly laid railway line from Bedi Port near Jamnagar. By stating it as “first-of-its-kind” rail connectivity, the Chief Minister of Gujarat Mr. Bhupendra Patel congratulated Gujarat Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation(G-RIDE), the state’s Joint Venture Company (JVC) with Indian Railways. This JVC has implemented the project based on the PPP model through engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts with...Read More

Jamnagar: The thermal power station in Sikka run by Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSEC) will possibly remain shut till Diwali due to the shortage of coal, it is learnt. The thermal power station with capacity of electricity production of 9 thousand megawatt per day in Sikka has shut down for the last one month due to the shortage of coal. Both units at this thermal power station are inoperative at present and around 350 workers working in both plants are employed in maintenance work...Read More

New Delhi: Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh reviewed the coal stock position in all thermal power plants including those plants which are supplying power to distribution companies of Delhi. Yesterday on 9th October, 2021, the total despatch of coal from all sources (Coal India Limited, Singareni Collieries Company, Captive Coal Mines and imported coal) was 1.92 million tonnes while the total consumption was 1.87 million tonnes. Thus, the coal despatch have excee...Read More

New Delhi:An inter-Ministerial sub-Group led by Ministry of Coal has been monitoring the coal stock situation twice a week. In order to manage the coal stock and ensure equitable distribution of coal, Ministry of Power constituted a Core Management Team (CMT) on 27.08.2021 comprising of representatives from MOP, CEA, POSOCO, Railways and Coal India Limited (CIL) to ensure daily monitoring. The CMT is closely monitoring and managing the coal stocks on daily basis and ensuring follow up actions wi...Read More

New Delhi: The CAG has picked holes in the e-auction of coal mines by the NDA government last year saying multiple bids by corporate groups through joint ventures or subsidiaries did not give an assurance that potential level of competition was achieved in the first two tranches. In a report tabled in Parliament today, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said competition may have been restricted in auction of 11 coal blocks on account of multiple bids by corporate groups made...Read More