Coal Mines

Under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, the Central Government has successfully auctioned 31 Coal Mines. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable…

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for allotting coal mines to Central and State PSUs for sale of coal specially to Medium, Small and cottage industries…

Reverse bidding methodology was adopted in the auction of coal mines earmarked for power sector under the provisions of Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the rules framed there under in order to ensure that there is no rise in…

Tension continues at the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Talcher, which was hit by shocking violent incidents yesterday. All the coal mines owned by MCL and three NTPC units remain shut, triggering a possible power crisis. Yesterday, at…

At least 14 people were killed and many others got injured when a mishap occurred at the Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL)'s Basundhara - Garjanbahal coal mines in Sundargarh district of Odisha. four people have been rescued so far. At…