NTPC opens Pakri-Barwadih coal mine project
The Dollar Business Bureau State run power producer NTPC announced the takeoff of the Pakri-Barwadih coal mining project in Jharkhand. In a BSE filing, on Thursday, NTPC stated that the works for the Pakri-Barwadih coal mining project (Western pit) have begun. Earlier, the company had plans to begin production works at the coal block in 2015. However, the works for the project, which was stalled since 12 years, commenced in 2016. In 2015, NTPC was re-allocated five coal blocks, which were previously cancelled by the apex court. The re-allotted mines were among the 204 coal blocks which were cancelled by the Supreme Court. Out of the five blocks, three are located in Jharkhand and remaining two in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Marking the highest ...
Poland, India to ink pact on cooperation in coal mining
The MoU for both the countries would be for providing machinery, knowledge sharing and technology in underground mining from Poland Source: PTI Poland has been active in coal mining for over 100 years, but in the last few years it was affected due to subsidised pricing of the commodity in the global market. The Polish government is hopeful of signing a pact with India for cooperation in coal mining and related fields to achieve a common goal in the next two months. Polish deputy minister of economic development Radoslaw Domagalski-Labedzki today said the subject was discussed in a meeting with India's coal secretary Anil Swarup. Speaking on the sidelines of an ICC-organised programme here, the minister said that his government possesses a ...
