Mining
India may open commercial coal mining to private sector, foreign firms
22 Oct 2014
India is ending the 42-year monopoly of state-run Coal India Ltd by opening up commercial coal mining to the private sector, including foreign companies with subsidiaries or joint ventures incorporated in India
Lanco in talks to sell stake in Griffin coal mine
11 Oct 2014
Lanco, which is also facing litigation related to fuel supply, cost of generation and/or off-take disputes, is unlikely to get out of the Rs36,000-crore debt pile unless its cash-flow improves
Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone sinks London Mining's share value
08 Oct 2014
London Mining today warned that its share value would fall to nearly nil as a result of a halt in operations in Sierra Leone due to the Ebola outbreak
NGT upholds ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, allows lifting of stock after paying royalty
07 Oct 2014
Coal block cancellations to hit power, steel sectors: ICRA, Fitch
27 Sep 2014
Rating agencies say the Supreme Court's verdict cancelling all but four coal mines allotted to private parties since 1993 will have serious ramifications for the energy and steel sectors, hitting their bottom lines
Vedanta's Anil Agarwal joins charity league with $2.475 billion pledge
27 Sep 2014
The Vedanta Group has delivered a total shareholder return of 12 per cent per annum since flotation, returning $1.4 billion of capital to shareholders
Supreme Court cancels allocation of 214 coal blocks, spares 4
24 Sep 2014
The Supreme Court ruling will have major implications for the country's energy sector
Coalgate: SC refuses to reopen hearing for power companies
12 Sep 2014
With the centre advocating cancellation of the coal blocks awarded illegally, companies have blamed the government for irregularities and demanded the setting up of a committee to go into each of the allocations
Sack CBI chief Sinha, Prashant Bhushan urges PM
06 Sep 2014
Bhushan, who is appearing for two NGOs in the spectrum and coal block allocation cases, alleged that Sinha was “acting in concert” with the accused and trying to influence or derail the investigation
Govt looks at coal imports as power plants stare at looming shortage
05 Sep 2014
The coal ministry has proposed that Coal India meet supplies to all power plants commissioned after 2009 by importing the fuel and pooling prices with domestic coal
CBI director Ranjit Sinha offers to recuse from `coalgate’ probe
04 Sep 2014
In its petition NGO Common Cause alleged that the CBI director had met at his residence several persons who are the accused in the coal blocks allocation scam, 2G scam, 4G scam, etc
Goyal welcomes SC ruling declaring all coal allocations illegal
26 Aug 2014
Coal and power minister Piyush Goyal on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict declaring all coal block allocations since 1993 illegal, and said his government would act quickly after the court delivers the final order
All coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010 illegal: SC
25 Aug 2014
The entire allocations through screening committees as well as the government dispensation route, made by both the UPA and the NDA regimes, were arbitrary and illegal, the apex court said
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