Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi, former MP and the Lok Sabha candidate for the ruling YSRCP from Vishakhapatnam, urged the striking Gangavaram port workers and unions to allow the movement or passage of nearly 2 lakh tonnes of imported coking coal from the port to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
The corridor connects the coal fields of Jharkhand and West Bengal, such as Eastern Coalfields Limited, Central Coalfields Limited, Bharat Coking Coal Limited and Northern Coalfields Limited, to power plants in Northern India.
At least one person died and several others are feared trapped after a portion of BCCL (Bharat Coking Coal Limited) open mine collapsed on Friday, officials said.
The Ministry of Coal has identified four coking coal blocks while the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) also will finalise a geological report (GR) for another 4 to 6 coking coal blocks in the coming months.
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Turnover of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited surged by 57 per cent to hit a record high of Rs 28,215 crore for the financial year 2021-22, the Ministry of Steel said on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Coal India Limited has set a target to increase the supply of washed coking coal to the steel sector in the current financial year to 3.45 million tonnes from 1.7 million tonnes recorded in 2021-22, the Ministry of Coal said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Coal on Friday released an action plan for 2022-23 and said under the Coking Coal Mission the government has set a target to enhance the annual coking coal production from 45 million tonnes (MT) in 2020-21 to 140 MT by 2029-30.
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): China has taken full advantage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, grabbing the huge discount offered by Moscow on coking coal which is used in steel mills, as Japan and the European Union have curbed imports leaving the Russian companies scrambling for buyer
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) [India], April 23 (ANI): Two days after the sudden collapse of a road in the temporarily closed mines area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) here, Jharkhand BJP has demanded a CBI probe against alleged illegal mining in the state.
Bokaro (Jharkhand) [India], November 29 (ANI): Four villagers are feared to be trapped after an abandoned coal mine of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) collapsed during illegal mining of coal in Bokaro district on Sunday.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 14 (ANI): Amid the concerns of coal supply in the country, Union Minister for Coal Pralhad Joshi chaired a review meeting with the officials of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Ranchi on Thursday.