PSU power companies appoint EMTA for their blocksThe state utilities earlier had their mines cancelled by the Supreme Court as they floated joint ventures with EMTA that held a 74% stake i...
24 Jul, 2015, 04.58 AM IST
Supreme Court issues notice to companies for non-compliance of its ordersA bench headed by Justice M B Lokur sought response of the companies within two weeks on the government's plea seeking to summon their CMDs...
20 Jul, 2015, 08.39 PM IST
CBI registers 39th case in coal block allocation scamCBI has said the agency teams today swooped down at one location each in Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Nagpur in connection with the case.
19 Mar, 2015, 04.01 PM IST
The clause which landed Eastern Minerals & Trading Agency its coal blocksThe agreement between a state company and coal mining firm EMTA answers all the pending questions about the crony capitalism surrounding co...
31 Jan, 2015, 12.35 PM IST
Ordinance tweaked to help coal PSUs avoid penalty of almost Rs 4,000 croreThe ministry is expected to soon come out with the first tranche of tenders for about 17 coal blocks for allocation to government companies.
09 Jan, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Offer at least 20% discount on CIL price for auction: Power MinistryAccording to sources, Power Ministry has made this suggestion on advice from its techno-economic clearance arm Central Electricity Authorit...
26 Nov, 2014, 04.28 PM IST
Government invokes guarantee for coal block allotted to DVC, TVNLThe government today invoked a Rs 15.18 crore bank guarantee given by Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd for failing to develop a coal mine in Jhark...
21 Mar, 2014, 06.13 PM IST
Plea in SC for CBI probe on coal allocation to joint venturesA plea to bring within the ambit of ongoing CBI probe allocation of coal blocks to joint venture companies was today moved in the Supreme C...
19 Jun, 2013, 05.09 PM IST
- Deallocation letters dispatch begins today
The coal ministry will start sending letters for deallocation of coal blocks from Monday, a top coal ministry official said.
15 Oct, 2012, 05.03 AM IST
JSW Steel may take legal recourse on coal block deallocationJSW Steel said it may take govt to court following a Coal Ministry's decision to de-allocate Gourangdih ABC coal mine.
11 Oct, 2012, 03.56 PM IST
Coal block deallocation: JSW's Bengal plant may get delayedJSW Steel's plant in West Bengal is likely to get delayed following the govt decision to deallocate Gourangdih ABC coal mine.
23 Sep, 2012, 11.27 AM IST
Coalgate: Government decides to deallocate one more mineThe Government today decided to deallocate one more mine - Gourangdih ABC-- jointly given to JSW Steel and Himachal EMTA besides deduction ...
19 Sep, 2012, 11.40 AM IST
Inter-Ministerial Group recommends cancellation of three more coal blocksThe IMG's latest decision took the total number of blocks suggested for cancellation due to insufficient progress to seven.
15 Sep, 2012, 10.36 PM IST
Coalgate: JSW Steel, EMTA to lose coal mining licence; Tata Steel, Reliance Power escape penaltyA panel has recommended the cancellation of mining licence of a coal block held jointly by JSW, EMTA while Tata Steel and RPower face no pe...
15 Sep, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
Ujjal Upadhyay: The man who controls 14 coal blocksUjjal Upadhyay started as a supplier of sand to CIL. Today, his company, EMTA, ranks second among private players in coal reserves.
12 Sep, 2012, 09.23 AM IST
How coal corruption extends beyond Coalgate and the vested interests involvedCoalgate barely plumbs the depths of the coal problem. ET describes the main players and the institutions in the coal mess and how they pla...
09 Sep, 2012, 07.19 AM IST
- India needs to overhaul coal policy & clean up the whole sector
Delay and dither, which have come to symbolise the second UPA regime, will get us no gains.
07 Sep, 2012, 05.10 AM IST