Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), the flagship company of Coal India Ltd (CIL), has posted 9.46 per cent growth in coal production in 2008-09 (FY09), outpacing the 7 per cent growth recorded by its parent company, CIL. The production rose to 96.355 million tonnes from 88 million tonnes last fiscal.
Studies on converting a low rank high ash Lingaraj open cast project coal of Mahanadi Coalfield Limited, India to an adsorbent via its structural modification through partial oxidation have been carried.
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), which has been in search of additional power to tide over shortage, has joined hands with the Assam and Meghalaya Mineral Development Corporations and Orissa Mining Corporation in developing a coal mine in Orissa as part of its long-term measures to solve the problem.
HALDIA, March 3: RPG flagship CESC Ltd is setting up a 2,000 MW greenfield thermal power plant in Haldia. The plant will come up in Baneswar Chawk, near Jhikurkhali, East Midnapore district.
Development projects that involve displacement are currently a cause of growing concern everywhere. The worrisome aspect is that it is the poor who are hurt most in the process, becoming poorer than before.
The Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) achieved a record generation of 622.71 lakh units of electricity in single day on February 11 and surpassed its own record.
While stating this Sanjeev Kaushal, MD of HPGCL said that this was a land mark achievement as the state power utility had first time crossed the 600-unit milestone.
THE Union coal ministry is poised to clear a 5.5 million tonne annual coal linkage for the near 5,000-crore super-thermal venture being put up by RPG flagship CESC in Orissa. A final decision on the coal linkage is slated to come through next week at a meeting of the coal ministry
JHARSUGUDA: Villagers of Charla in the district have threatened to stop coal production at pit no. 5 under Belpahar Open Cast Project of (BOCP) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited from May 23 demanding immediate disbursement of compensation and job to oustees.
KOLKATA, 6 APRIL: Coal India Limited today said that it was facing some problems in raw coal offtake following non-availability of rakes by the Railways. As a result, there has been a meagre 3.6 per cent growth in raw coal offtake during the financial year 2009-10.
BHUBANESWAR: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) today assured to augment power supply to the State provided Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) meets the coal requirement of its power plants.
