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Power demand touches new peak, coal stocks at more power units plunge to precarious levels

Out of 150 thermal plants using domestic coal, the number of thermal plants with critical coal stock increased from 81…

April 30, 2022 01:15 IST

Coal India output grows 27% in April; despatch improves 5.8%: Coal ministry

“Coal production by Coal India Ltd (CIL) has increased by 27.2 per cent in April 2022 as compared to same…

April 29, 2022 22:15 IST

Power crisis: Heatwave, coal shortage fuel blackouts across states

Besides measures to increase coal supplies to power plants, the Centre has asked states to step up coal imports for…

April 28, 2022 17:12 IST

Sponge iron units of India see acute coal shortage

India’s sponge iron capacity currently stands at 35 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of which 16 mtpa is produced in…

April 28, 2022 01:30 IST

Coal stocks reach ‘critical’ levels in 11 of 13 thermal power plants in UP

According to data from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), coal availability in 11 out of the 13 coal fired power…

April 27, 2022 08:32 IST

Coal shortage: Industry bodies seek PM’s intervention

Reeling under the crisis on account of continued coal shortage, a major segment of the manufacturing sector, MSMEs and captive…

April 25, 2022 17:13 IST

Russia usually supplies about 30% of European Union, Japanese and South Korean coking coal needs, while India had planned to double its Russian imports to around 9 million tonnes this year.

Russia and India in talks to restart coking coal supplies

Imports make up around 85% of India’s overall coking coal needs, which total 50-55 million tonnes a year, and New…

April 25, 2022 17:10 IST

Why import coal? UP power regulator asks gencos

While thermal power generating plants are grappling with coal shortages and there is a rush among them to import coal,…

April 22, 2022 08:21 IST

States use tariff route to boost power supplies; four states allow pass-through of fuel costs

The moves come as power shortage in the country recently crossed the threshold of 100 million units (MU) a day…

April 20, 2022 04:30 IST

Deepening power crisis: Better inter-ministerial coordination needed for coal transportation

According to the PRAAPTI portal, discom dues to power generators increased by 21% to Rs 1.26 trillion in April 2022…

April 20, 2022 04:20 IST

Out of 173 pit head/non pit-head power plants in the country, 77 were operating with coal stocks of less than 7 days on April 12. This means their fuel stocks are barely 25% of the normative requirement.

Power shortage: States told to step up coal imports

Singh on Monday took review of the operations of imported coal-based plants and directed all the procurer states to ensure…

April 14, 2022 04:10 IST

The coal ministry has taken consistent initiatives to increase the production of coal from captive mines. (File/Reuters)

Demand for thermal coal to rise due to increase in electricity demand, says Coal Ministry

In October last year, many states complained about shortage of coal for power plants and some of them also faced…

April 12, 2022 17:41 IST

Crude oil prices to swing between $90-110; US Fed may hike interest rates by 50bps, analyst say sell on rise

Medium-term crude prices have hardly budged as near-term oil prices have fallen by over 20%, indicating a still-bullish longer-term outlook.

April 11, 2022 10:14 IST

Given the context of allocation of coal blocks at that point of time, conditions for times lines for operationalisation of coal blocks were very stringent and firm, leaving no wriggle room either to the successful allottee or the Nominated Authority.

One-time window to govt cos to surrender non-operational coal mines

The revenue share payable by state/central PSUs is fixed on per tonne basis unlike private sector who have to bid.

April 8, 2022 17:41 IST

The exchange will come up on the lines of the Indian Energy Exchange or the Power Exchange, and there would be spot and future trading of coal. (File)

Coal ministry appoints Crisil as consultant for coal exchange

The exchange would work under a regulator and the government would allow both domestic and international players to buy and…

April 5, 2022 04:00 IST

Jain expects coal output from captive miners will increase considerably. (File)

Crisil appointed as consultant for coal trading platform, says AK Jain

Out of the 777 million tonne of coal output in the country, 90 million tonne comes from captive sources and…

April 4, 2022 18:45 IST

To be sure, state-run Coal India reported record coal production of 622 million tonne in FY22 as against 607 mt in FY21. But the demand for the fuel is increasing at a faster rate, given a sharp rise in power demand.

Changing dynamics: Another power crisis may be looming and it could be much graver

In fact, as a coal crisis loomed, the government had directed power producers owned by it — NTPC and Damodar…

April 4, 2022 04:40 IST

Coal output and offtake targets are pegged at 700 MTs for FY23, it said. (File)

Coal India achieves record production of 622 MT in FY22

Coal supplies to power generation companies during FY22 also touched a record of 540.4 MT, up 21.4 per cent as…

April 1, 2022 16:27 IST

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