16 dead in coal mine blast in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia HillsTragedy struck Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. An explosion at a coal mine claimed the lives of sixteen labourers. Sev...
05 Feb, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
Govt amends rules to streamline approvals for opening coal, lignite minesThe government has changed rules for opening coal and lignite mines. Prior approval from the Coal Controller's Organisation is no longer ne...
26 Dec, 2025, 07.08 PM IST
Meghalaya inaugurates first scientific coal mine after nearly a decade long banAfter nearly a decade-long ban, Meghalaya has inaugurated its first scientific coal mine in East Jaintia Hills. This follows the 2014 NGT b...
17 Mar, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
Reliance seeks minimum USD 10 for coal-seam gasReliance Industries Ltd is seeking a minimum USD 10 rate for gas produced from coal seams in Madhya Pradesh, as it adjusts its pricing form...
14 Jan, 2024, 11.36 AM IST
Coal India Limited launches software for better assessment of coal resourcesCIL CMD Pramod Agrawal launched the software in presence of the R&D Board of the maharatna firm, comprising senior directors of the PSU and...
04 Sep, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
CIL to extract methane before mining coalIn order to avoid fatalities at deposits with high concentration of such gas, the practice has been to puncture these seams and inject air ...
17 Apr, 2018, 07.47 AM IST
UNSW Australia to lend expertise in ONGC wellsin its recent funding round, the Australia India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) announced a new grant of Australian Dollar one million to ...
22 Aug, 2016, 08.31 PM IST
Tata Steel to employ new technology to extract coal from crevicesThe High Wall miner machine stands on the pit floor or on a bench, directly in front of the exposed seam and makes long parallel rectangula...
06 Jun, 2016, 07.12 PM IST
Govt permits CIL to explore natural gas in coal seamsThe Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in a November 3 order said Coal India and its subsidiaries will be allowed to explore coal-bed me...
06 Nov, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
Coal: Oil Ministry to move Cabinet to allow private firm in CBM miningThe government had last year allowed only CIL, the world's largest coal miner, to explore and produce coal-bed methane in its existing coal...
17 Nov, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
SAIL in talks with ONGC to jointly explore coal-bed methaneSAIL is in talks with ONGC to jointly explore coal-bed methane in coal blocks allocated to the steel major for captive consumption.
27 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Govt allows Coal India to produce gas from coal seamsGovt on Thursday allowed state-run Coal India Ltd, which is world’s biggest coal miner, to produce coal bed methane from in its existing co...
19 Dec, 2013, 09.09 PM IST
Cabinet may allow CIL to produce gas from coal seamsThe Cabinet may this week allow state-owned miner Coal India Ltd to produce natural gas from coal seams (CBM) in its existing coal mines.
17 Dec, 2013, 05.51 PM IST
- Australia's Origin Energy foresees 10 pc profit growth
Australian coal seam gas producer Origin Energy forecast Thursday a 10 pc rise in profit as it tries to block a hostile 13.8-bn-dollar take...
28 Aug, 2008, 10.43 AM IST
- BG makes hostile bid for Origin
BG Group put its A$13.8 billion ($13.1 billion) bid for Australia’s Origin Energy direct to shareholders, saying management was wrong to re...
25 Jun, 2008, 12.02 AM IST
- Royal Dutch Shell to buy stake in Arrow for $741 mn
Royal Dutch Shell PLC will buy a 776 million Australian dollars (US$741 million; euro478 million) stake in Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd, th...
02 Jun, 2008, 01.57 PM IST
- Origin Energy shares hit record high after rejection of BG Group takeover
Australia's Origin Energy Ltd. rejected a takeover offer from British gas company BG Group on Friday, citing the increased value of its coa...
30 May, 2008, 10.49 AM IST