India poised for critical mineral breakthrough within a year, says Minister G Kishan ReddyIndia is poised for major advancements in critical minerals in the coming year. A unified government strategy is accelerating resource secu...
28 May, 2026, 08.10 PM IST
DVC, six firms win coal blocks in 12th commercial mining auctionDamodar Valley Corporation and Orissa Alloy Steel Pvt Ltd are among the seven companies that have secured coal blocks in the 12th round of ...
01 Aug, 2025, 05.25 PM IST
Round 10 of commercial coal block auctions launched, 67 mines on offerUnion Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy launched the 10th round of commercial coal mine auctions, including 67 mines, to enhance domes...
22 Jun, 2024, 12.58 AM IST
Technical bids for 7th coal block auction to open on Wednesday: Coal MinistryTechnical bids coming for the seventh round of commercial coal block auctions will be opened on June 28, an official statement said on Mond...
26 Jun, 2023, 07.22 PM IST
Potential coal mine buyers seek lower auction thresholdsThe Centre's discussion paper on coal block auctions suggests bidders offer to share at least 4% of revenue from a block. For more than fou...
25 Feb, 2020, 01.31 PM IST
5th round of captive coal block auctions deferred indefinitelyThe ministry has issued a notification to the prospective bidders that the demo e-auction and the e-reverse auction will not take place as ...
14 Jul, 2017, 12.17 AM IST
Government expects good response to auctions of coal blocksNon-captive coal mines’ auctions may start next fiscal after the conclusion of elections in 5 states.
06 Feb, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
Coal block auctions to continue, says top government officialGovt would continue coal block auctions to meet the demand as nearly 19,000 MW of thermal projects are stuck for want of fuel linkages, an ...
28 Apr, 2015, 10.53 PM IST
Process for 3rd round of coal auction may start next week"First tranche amount of Rs 466 crore goes to the states by way of upfront payment received from bidders in coal block auctions," Swarup ha...
15 Apr, 2015, 06.19 PM IST
Coal block auction: Government likely to cap costs of power plantsTerming the move as unfair, power companies say government should have indicated such plans before coal auctions.
11 Mar, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Second round of coal block auction to be held on March 4Coal Secretary Anil Swarup tweeted, "Announcement of qualified bidders for Schedule 3 Coal Blocks on March 2. Auctions (of schedule III min...
24 Feb, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
Coal block auctions will wipe out state fiscal deficit: Report"The coal block auction will result in a windfall gain for state governments. In the current fiscal, about Rs 3,000 crore will flow into st...
05 Jan, 2015, 09.04 PM IST
Cabinet may clear Coal Block Auction Bill on TuesdayThe development follows the Supreme Court order on September 24 cancelling 204 coal block allotments after terming them arbitrary and illeg...
02 Dec, 2014, 08.58 AM IST
Government to ask companies to return de-allocated coal blocks for auctionTo restart coal block auction,government will coax companies to return de-allocated coal mines;out of 61 coal blocks,8 have been returned.
15 Aug, 2014, 09.50 AM IST
Government targets coal block auction by DecemberCoal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal had said last month that the coal block auction is likely to be held in the next two months.
29 Sep, 2013, 11.11 AM IST
2G auction flop, lack of green clearances make government worry about coal block auctionCoal Secretary SK Srivastava said the government was in a fix over two issues concerning the auction of coal blocks.
19 Nov, 2012, 05.12 AM IST
- Auction of 54 coal blocks not possible this year: Sriprakash Jaiswal
The statement came in the context of a CAG report estimating a gain of Rs 1.86 L cr to private firms in allocation of 57 coal blocks.
24 Aug, 2012, 04.56 PM IST