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Import curbs on Low Ash Metallurgical Coke raise steel prices in India: GT
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"While the government protects domestic steelmakers through high safeguard and anti-dumping duties and Quality Control Orders on finished steel imports, it simultaneously restricts access to Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (LAM Coke), a non-substitutable input that accounts for 35-40% of steel pr
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Coal imports compared to consumption reducing, saves forex: Ashwini Vaishn
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India crossed the landmark of 1 billion tonne coal production in a single year for the first time in 2024-25. In his presentation, the minister said the total production in 2024-25 was recorded at 1.048 billion tonnes. Minister Vaishnaw also shared a graph in his presentation showing the gra
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Coal ministry reviews progress of 71 auctioned mines to boost domestic pro
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Chaired by Rupinder Brar, Additional Secretary and Nominated Authority of the Ministry, the review highlighted the government's dedication to boosting domestic coal production. The Additional Secretary urged mine allottees to expedite the process of operationalizing coal blocks that are near
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Ministry of Coal reveals plan to reduce imports and boost exports
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a significant shift in the country's energy landscape, the Ministry of Coal is spearheading a transformative initiative to reduce coal imports and promote coal exports aimed at enhancing domestic coal production, bolstering energy security, and supporting the growth of the coal sector.
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In a bid to increase domestic coal output, Centre to auction 60 coal block
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In a bid to increase the coal production in India, the Union Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy will launch the 10th round of the commercial coal block auction on Friday.
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India's coal import strategy shifts as power plants adapt to domestic supp
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As per S&P Global, despite this reduction, the country experienced an 11.2 per cent surge in coal-based power generation during the same period, reaching 779.1 billion units.
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India aims to produce over 1billion tones of coal in 2023-24
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The government aims to ramp up domestic coal production and a subsequent reduction in import dependency.
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Govt aims to engage Mining Developers cum Operators (MDO) in coal
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Through this, the ministry aims to ramp up domestic coal production and a subsequent reduction in import dependency.
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Domestic coal quality has gone up substantially: Centre
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The ministry said that there had been substantial improvement in conformity to declared grade of coal supply from Coal India (CIL) sources. The grade conformity has jumped to 69 per cent in 2022-23 which is till November 22, as against 51 per cent in 2017-18, according to the statement relea
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Supply of coal to the power sector monitored closely: Coal ministry
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
As a result of this coordinated efforts, the closing stock of coal at the domestic coal-based power plants, as on October 31 this year was 25.6 million tonne (mt) which is the highest ever in the month of October except for the Covid year of 2020-21. The domestic coal supply to the power sec
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Domestic coal production goes up by 28 pc as of June 16, 2022
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): After a record-breaking coal production of 777 million tonnes (MT) in 2021-22, domestic coal production continues to witness an increasing trend in the current financial year as well.
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Power Ministry directs CEA to determine eligible quantity of domestic coal
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Power Ministry on Sunday directed the Central Electricity Authority of India to determine the eligible quantity of domestic coal for the power plants using coal under Shakti B(viii) (a) taking into account 10 per cent imported coal for blending which is equiv
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