The ministry during a meeting with Modi conveyed it to him that Shivpur-Kathautia rail line to facilitate faster transportation of coal in ...

For most of these projects, land is yet to be acquired, environmental approvals have to be obtained and transportation of coal by rail has ...

It has decided to introduce a mechanism to handle issues arising out of supply of coal that is different from the variety promised at the a...

State-owned Coal India's pithead stock has increased by 13 per cent to 48.6 million tonnes as on May 29.

Coal India had earlier said that a lot of deliberations have been carried out with the Coal Ministry and internally on various models to en...

According to the Coal Secretary, the initial clearances have now been obtained and these projects are likely to be completed by December, 2...

The govt has raised Coal India’s production target for 2015-16 by 8.5%, even though the state-run monopoly missed its target for the fiscal...

Poor infrastructure is often cited as reason for the coal monopoly’s inability to raise output from its mines.

"This exercise has been helpful for expediting forest clearance, environment clearance, land acquisition and other statutory clearances," S...

Piyush Goyal directed Coal India Ltd to submit an alternate action plan for meeting the demand for coal projected on year-on-year basis

The budget’s proposal to speed up construction of three critical railway lines may improve coal availability by about 300 million tonne.

The three rail corridor projects, entailing about Rs 7,500-crore expenditure, are under different phases of development.

Officials said that the railways would help transport over 300 million tonnes of coal and could also add Rs 10,000 crore to its top line.

The rail connectivity would help evacuate nearly 100 million tonnes of coal annually from mines in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.

State-owned Coal India, which accounts for over 80% of domestic coal production, is already drawing flak for missing its production targets.

Coal Ministry has floated another note for . Cabinet Committee on Investment to ensure timely completion of three critical rail links.

The Union Coal Ministry has allocated two coal blocks in Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand to Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) for implementing it...