In this issue

“Coal India can elevate production to mandated levels if demand is conducive”
CMD Pramod Agrawal charts out the way ahead for world's largest coal miner.

Also read:
• Second tranche of commercial block auction lists 75 mines
• Coal to stay competitive in India: BHP
• Coal India sees thermal power plants raising offtake in March
• Interview of Arvind K Garg, EVP & Head, Construction & Mining Machinery Business at L&T
• India’s energy demand to explode: IEA

Read Coal Insights February 2020 issue and get a complete insight into the Indian coal value chain...!

“Coal India can elevate production to mandated levels if demand is conducive”

Coal India Ltd. has its work cut out to expand its production capacity by opening new mines and leveraging ‘digital technology’ to enhance performance from its existing projects.

10 mins

SCCL's coal production down 26.4% till January

Despite a renewed surge in coal production since November 2020, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) continues to witness a lowly performance so far this year.

2 mins

ECL adopts mine planning software of Dassault Systems

Eastern Coalfields Ltd. has installed ‘Geovia Minex’, an integrated geology and mine planning software solution for coal deposits & to help its geologists prepare lithologs, contours (floor & roof ), folio plans and estimation of geological coal reserves.

2 mins

Government puts 75 coal mines in second tranche of commercial block auctions

“Buoyed with the success of the 1st-ever auctions for commercial coal mining, Coal Ministry has come up with the next tranche of commercial coal mine auctions.” Pralhad Joshi, Coal and Mines Minister

3 mins

The OTR growth story: Pioneering a new era for coal & Indian markets

The Off-Highway Tire segment in India is one of the most dynamic technological landscapes in the country supporting several important chambers of the economy.

6 mins

India's Energy Demand To Explode: IEA

“To meet growth in electricity demand over the next twenty years, India will need to add a power system the size of the European Union to what it has now.” IEA

10 mins

Power capacity addition at 270 MW in December

Power generation capacity addition in December stood at 270 megawatts (MW), down 79 percent from the corresponding month of the previous year, according to data released by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

2 mins

Coal to stay competitive in India: BHP

“Coal power is expected to retain competitiveness in India, (where the coal fleet is only around 10 years old on average: one quarter of a normal lifetime), and other populous, developing nations, for a much longer time.”

5 mins

Traffic handled by major ports down 7% till January

The 12 major Indian ports handled 7% less traffic at 542 mt in AprilJanuary compared with 586 mt recorded for the corresponding period of last year.

1 min

Railways' coal handling down 10% in April-January

Railways, in AprilJanuary, transported 434 mt of coal, down 10% from 484 mt handled during the same period of 2019. Revenue earnings were down 22%.

1 min

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Coal Insights is India's premier and widely read monthly magazine on coal & mining industry published by mjunction services ltd (A JV of Tata Steel and SAIL).It caters to the entire coal supply chain from mining to consumption. It tracks the coal market with special focus on India, & covers production & consumption reports, as well as dispatch and stocks at power plants.It covers a variety of topics including demand, supply, e-marketing, mining technology, imports, pricing and policy matters, logistics, infrastructure and clean coal initiative. It also covers the interviews of the decision makers of coal industry on a regular basis.

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