Coal India

Coal producer CIL plans to harness solar power

Nagpur: If coal gets all the blame for pollution, the country's biggest producer of this fuel — Coal India Limited (CIL) — has plans on clean energy.

Publication Date:

07/10/2015

Author(s): Shishir Arya

Source: Times of India (Nagpur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Coal India, Solar Energy, Madhya Pradesh, Renewable Energy, Mining, Energy

Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining activities being carried on in a disputed area, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, 01/09/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Dukalu Ram & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding mining being carried on by Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. and Coal India Ltd. despite cancellation of coal block alloted to M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., Raigarh, Chhattisgarh by the Supreme Court.

Judgement Date:

01/09/2015

Tags:

Mining, Raigarh (D), Chhattisgarh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Clearance (EC), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Coal India, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Mining

Faster green clearances helps CIL add 130 mt new capacity

Maximum number of clearances came for the Eastern Coalfields

Publication Date:

20/08/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Coal, Environment Clearance (EC), Coal India, Western Coalfields, Compensation, Land Acquisition

Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in rivers, 06/08/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in rivers, 06/08/2015. Subsidiary companies of Coal India Limited (CIL) including Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) are not polluting the river water. The parameters of mine water discharged are within the prescribed limits.

Publication Date:

06/08/2015

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

River Pollution, Coal Industry, Coal India, Pollution Control, India, Parliament

Mining

Question raised in Lok Sabha on environmental restoration of coal mines, 06/08/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on environmental restoration of coal mines, 06/08/2015. As per Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, letter of even no.

Publication Date:

06/08/2015

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Coal, Mining, Coal India, Coal Industry, Afforestation, India, Parliament

Mining

Question raised in Lok Sabha on compensatory afforestation by CIL, 06/08/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on compensatory afforestation by CIL, 06/08/2015. Plantation is being done on technically reclaimed mined out areas and on the overburden (OB) dump areas, in and around mines, road sides, township / residential areas etc,.

Publication Date:

06/08/2015

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Coal India, Afforestation, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Parliament, Environment Clearance (EC)

Energy

World Bank won’t fund coal-related projects in India

The World Bank has made a U-turn on its stance that coal is the backbone of the India's energy economy 17 years after it agreed to lend $1.03 billion to Coal India along with a Japanese lending age

Publication Date:

31/07/2015

Author(s): Debjoy Sengupta

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Coal India, World Bank, India, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Industrial Pollution, Developing Countries

Energy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on supply of coal and gas to power plants, 23/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on supply of coal and gas to power plants, 23/07/2015. Details of quantity of coal supplied to the coal based power plants during the last 3 years and the current year (upto June, 2015) is given at Annex-I. Details of quantity of gas supplied to the gas based power plants during the last 3 years and the current year (upto May, 2015) is given at Annex-II.

Publication Date:

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Statistics, India, Parliament, Coal India

Environment