After extricating five bodies from an abandoned coal mine in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, government authorities and the Eastern Coalfields limited Wednesday called off the rescue operation, while......
Unfettered coal mining is causing unchecked underground fires that threaten human habitation and the environment, writes geologist Dr Nitish Priyadarshi. The haunting inscription that marks the......
Crony capitalism will of course generate investment and ensure profit for private capital, but it won’t give employment or income to the people. If you can make money by selling coal or......
After Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, it could be the turn of Coal India Ltd, another public sector undertaking, to taste shale gas in Indian soil.The Kolkata-based coal miner has tied up with......
Coal is the new gold.In 2010, when the government went to the stock market with the world's largest coal company, its selling pitch was: Coal India is Gold India.Not surprising that investors......
Coal India wants to organise PAN cards and demat accounts for each of its 400,000 staff ahead of its IPO, says Shyamal Majumdar. Coal India Ltd offices and mining sites across the remote areas of......
The board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has approved the investment of Rs 950 crore (Rs 9.5 billion) extract gas from below the coal seams in Jharkhand and West Bengal from June 2007.The board......