"Today Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi started the 8th round of commercial coal mines auction. In this total 39 coal blocks are offered. Out of this, 35 coal blocks are being offered for the first time and the other 4 have been offered before too," said Coal Mines Secretary Amrit Lal Me
At least 28 people died and over 23 are still missing in a fire that erupted in a coal mine in Kazakhstan on Saturday, reported Al Jazeera, citing the Ministry for Emergency Situations.
The Ministry of Coal has executed agreements with six successful bidders of coal mines under Commercial Mining in the 7th round of auctions, an official statement said on Friday.
During the session, Union Minister of Coal, Mines, and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, emphasized the government's commitment to bolstering mineral exploration, aiming to achieve self-reliance in mineral production, read the Ministry of Coal press release.
Actors Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra starrer ‘Mission Raniganj’ is based on the true life event of late Jaswant Singh Gill, who led India's first successful coal mine rescue mission. Jaswan’s daughter Poonam Gill praised the song ‘Jalsa 2.0’ from the movie.
At least 11 people died on the outskirts of Yanan in the mountainous Shaanxi province of China on Monday as an explosion took place in a coal mine, reported Al Jazeera.
In 2022, 288 miners lost their lives in accidents across Pakistan, of which 166 miners belonged to Balochistan. During the first five months of this year, 18 accidents took place in the coal mines of Balochistan, in which 24 miners died.
Mohammad Nasim Khybershekan, the Taliban-led district governor of Dara-e-Suf Bala, Samangan province, has confirmed that the incident that took place in the Merak Dahane mine in Dara-e- Suf Bala district on Saturday.
Binoy Viswam in a letter to Union Minister said, "I am writing to bring your immediate attention to the recent tragic incident that occurred in Jharkhand's Dhanbad, where an illegal coal mine collapse claimed the lives of at least three individuals, with the number of trapped individuals sti