DURGAPUR, 13 JULY: Production at two Eastern Coalfields mines (see SNS photo) has come to a halt for the past five days after water from a river gushed inside the mine pits of the sick coal major in the Satgram area in Raniganj.
Though the ECL has initiated extensive pumping to recover the waterlogged mine, it has not yielded any result as water continues to enter the pits.
Asansol, May 6: A police crackdown has stopped coal smuggling in Asansol and Durgapur for the time being but the CPM has found in it an opportunity to attack Mamata Banerjee.
After the Trinamul Congress chief launched a scathing criticism of the CPM following the murder of a worker of her party by alleged Left-backed coal smugglers in Asansol
RPG Group company Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) is planning to set up its biggest unit in Tamil Nadu and SIPCOT authorities have allotted 60 acres in-principle at SIPCOT industrial park Thervoy Kandigai, Chairman Sanjiv Goenka said.
Addressing a press conference to announce the company's results, he said environmental clearances have been applied for.
DURGAPUR, 6 FEB: Chinese mining experts, appointed by Jindal Steel for the purpose, started a survey for a coal mining project in the Sarpi-Ichapur area in Laudoha block about 12 km from Durgapur town. The coal deposits were located in January, 2011. A group of 31 Chinese coal mining experts headed by Mr U Lee were seen conducting land survey in the Ichapur-Sarpi area this morning.
