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New mechanism will compute prices on every unit of GCV of coal, doing away with the grade policy at present.

CIL seeks stakeholders' views on new pricing policy

At present prices are computed based on grade policy.

30 Apr 2018 3:05 PM

Senior bureaucrat Suresh Kumar is likely to be the new acting chairman and managing director of the world's largest coal miner CIL.

Suresh Kumar likely to be acting chairman of Coal India

Kumar is the additional secretary in the coal ministry.

20 Apr 2018 2:56 PM

The Finance Ministry may come out with a Rs 10,000-crore follow-on fund offer of the Bharat-22 exchange traded fund (ETF) as it looks to dilute stake in Coal India to meet the minimum public holding norm.

Bharat-22 ETF follow-on offer could be worth Rs 10,000 crore

It looks to dilute stake in Coal India to meet the minimum public holding norm.

17 Apr 2018 1:10 PM

The finance ministry is considering writing to markets regulator Sebi seeking relaxation for certain state-owned firms from meeting the minimum 25 per cent public shareholding norm.

Finmin may write to Sebi for relaxing minimum public float norms for PSUs

There are over a dozen public sector units (PSUs) which are yet to meet the minimum public holding norm.

09 Apr 2018 3:34 PM

The fact that private mines are able to sell coal at lower rates than Coal India doesn’t imply that they are more efficient than the state-owned mining company.

Will privatisation help the cause of coal industry?

Today, India produces 554 million tons of coal as against 79 million tons in 1973.

27 Feb 2018 12:23 AM

India is the world’s fifth largest coal producer, and yet the country imports around 150 million tonnes of coal worth about Rs 1 lakh crores.

On privatising coal, get an effective regulator

Coal is the nation’s most important fuel source and 70 per cent of power generation in CIL comes from coal.

24 Feb 2018 12:50 AM

Coal Minister Piyush Goyal. (Photo: PTI)

Govt to allot 11 mines to Coal India Ltd, says Goyal

CIL has a target to produce 1 bn tonne coal by March 2020, up from around 600 MT projected in current fiscal.

20 Jan 2018 9:52 AM

Price hike will be applicable to all subsidiaries of Coal India, including NEC for regulated and non-regulated sectors. (Representational Image)

Coal India hikes non-coking fuel price

Coal India sources indicated that the average price hike could be around 10 per cent.

09 Jan 2018 10:19 AM

Till December, Coal India had offered around 80 million tonne of coal through spot and forward e-auctions. (Representational Image)

Coal India e-auction fetches 76 per cent premium in Q3 FY'18

Coal India had earlier indicated that it was aiming for about 25 per cent more realisation from e-auctions.

03 Jan 2018 10:24 AM

Coal supply will grow at 6-7 per cent in 2017-18 compared to 2016-17.

Govt sanguine about coal sector in 2018 on demand upswing

Coal India is expected to achieve an output of 600 million tonnes (MT) in 2017-18.

28 Dec 2017 12:29 PM

Panel yet to prepare VRS proposal for CIL workers: Piyush Goyal

Committee has been constituted to deliberate and formulate the draft Voluntary Retirement Scheme.

27 Dec 2017 4:51 PM

Ministry of Coal... on behalf of the President of India has transferred 1,92,99,613 equity shares to 'Bharat 22 ETF' at a value of Rs 5,06,51,14,597.

Govt transfers Coal India shares to Bharat 22 ETF

Government has transferred Coal India shares worth nearly Rs 507 crore to Bharat 22 ETF.

28 Nov 2017 9:07 AM

Coal Minister Piyush Goyal made a fervent appeal to the employees of CIL to work towards meeting production targets of 2018 and 2020.

Goyal exhorts Coal India employees to meet targets

CIL has set a production target of 600 MT by 2018 and one billion tonnes by 2020.

02 Nov 2017 1:51 PM

The world’s 250 biggest listed companies account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo: PTI)

Coal India among top 250 firms emitting third of CO2: study

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, almost 200 nations promised to curb emissions to limit more heat waves.

31 Oct 2017 4:11 PM

The coal despatch to power sector registered a growth of 21 per cent in the last month and around 22 per cent till Thursday. (Representational Image)

CIL's production growth at 13 per cent in October so far

Goyal complimented employees of CIL for achieving 10.1 per cent growth in coal production for Sept 2017.

14 Oct 2017 12:00 PM

The drop in coal import comes as the stocks at power plants have thinned due to short supply and higher power generation.

Coal imports decline 24 per cent in August, auction looms

Import of coal fell 6.37 per cent to 191.95 mt in 2016- 17 after higher production by Coal India.

15 Sep 2017 3:04 PM

Coal India will kick off the next round of coal auction aimed at the non-regulated sector.

Coal India to begin auction of 25 mt coal for non-regulated sector by Dec or Jan

The Cabinet had last year approved coal supply through the auction route to non-regulated sectors.

11 Sep 2017 3:58 PM

There would be no privatisation of the state-owned Coal India, said interim CMD Gopal Singh.

Coal India quashes privatisation rumours; says India has no scarcity of coal

Interim CMD Gopal Singh said Coal India registered a high growth rate of 28 per cent output in 2016-17 over 2015-16.

04 Sep 2017 11:36 AM

The stalemate between Coal India management and unions over the issue of salary hike has come to an end.

Stalemate between Coal India, union over; workers to get hike 20 per cent in pay

The five operating central unions in the coal industry are INTUC, BMS, HMS, AITUC and CITU.

25 Aug 2017 5:11 PM

Coal India announced that 62 coal mining projects out of a total of 120 ongoing projects were suffering from delays.

Coal to account for 68 per cent of total power mix by 2026: report

India's power sector will expand rapidly over the coming decade.

24 Aug 2017 3:20 PM

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