ArcelorMitta´s Rs.50,000-crore mining project fails to get green nod

February 2017

The Environment Ministry has shot down a Rs 50,000-crore proposal from ArcelorMittal for a mining project in the dense Saranda forest area of Jharkha...

Tags: Environment Ministry, ArcelorMittal, Mining project, BJP

SPML Infra bags orders worth Rs 8000 crore

January 2017

New orders worth Rs 800 crore were received by SPML Infra Ltd for power substation, rooftop solar power plant, water & wastewater treatment and munic...

Tags: SPML Infra Ltd, Power substation, Rooftop solar power plant, Water, Wastewater treatment, West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company, Jharkhand Urja Sancharam Nigam Limited, Municipal solid waste management, Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd

ArcelorMittal's Rs 50,000-crore mining project fails to get green nod

January 2017

The Environment Ministry has shot down a Rs 50,000-crore proposal from ArcelorMittal for a mining project in the dense Saranda forest area of Jharkha...

Tags: Environment Ministry, ArcelorMittal India, BJP, Mining project, FAC

Sterlite Power commissions Purulia project

January 2017

Sterlite Power has commissioned its fifth project, the Purulia-Kharagpur Transmission Project, which will supply 1,200 MW of electricity to Ranchi in...

Tags: Sterlite Power, Purulia-Kharagpur Transmission Project

Safety audit to be carried out for 418 mines

January 2017

In the wake of the recent mine collapse in Jharkhand, the government announced safety audit for all 418 mines in the country. In a review meeting hel...

Tags: Safety, Mining, Jharkhand, DG Mining Safety, Piyush Goyal, Coal India

State to save Rs.400 cr by not using imported coal

December 2016

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is set to stop importing coal for all its thermal units in Tamil Nadu. With the stoppag...

Tags: TANGEDCO, Coal, Discom, Jharkhand coal mines, Railways

Coal ministry to allot 7 blocks to power companies

October 2016

The Ministry of Coal has identified seven big coal blocks for allotment to power generation companies of six states. The blocks on offer include Deoc...

Tags: Ministry of Coal, Deocha Pachami, Coal reserves, Behrabandh Coal Block

Govt to re-auction 37 mineral blocks by December

October 2016

The governemnt is planning to re-acution 37 mineral blocks in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand by December th...

Tags: Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Mines, Balvinder Kumar, Non-coal mines