Mining
Govt looks at coal imports as power plants stare at looming shortage
05 Sep 2014
The coal ministry has proposed that Coal India meet supplies to all power plants commissioned after 2009 by importing the fuel and pooling prices with domestic coal
CBI director Ranjit Sinha offers to recuse from `coalgate’ probe
04 Sep 2014
In its petition NGO Common Cause alleged that the CBI director had met at his residence several persons who are the accused in the coal blocks allocation scam, 2G scam, 4G scam, etc
Goyal welcomes SC ruling declaring all coal allocations illegal
26 Aug 2014
Coal and power minister Piyush Goyal on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict declaring all coal block allocations since 1993 illegal, and said his government would act quickly after the court delivers the final order
All coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010 illegal: SC
25 Aug 2014
The entire allocations through screening committees as well as the government dispensation route, made by both the UPA and the NDA regimes, were arbitrary and illegal, the apex court said
BHP to spin off $14 bn of assets; to form new company
20 Aug 2014
The divestiture will comprise BHP’s less profitable aluminium, manganese, nickel silver and some coal operations
Adani gets Queensland nod for mine-rail project
14 Aug 2014
The Adani group is building a 300-km rail line to connect its Carmichael coal project in Australian to the east coast port of Abbot Point, to ship coal to power plants in India
Mining suspension forces closure of Tata Steel’s Odisha plant
09 Aug 2014
The suspension of operations at Sukinda and Bamnipal would mean more than 6,000 job cuts, the company said
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