Coal stock at Indian power plants rises to 61.3 MT, sufficient for 25 days of useIndia's thermal power plants have achieved a record coal stockpile of 61.3 million tonnes, sufficient for 25 days of consumption, thanks to...
Railways to start GPS tagging of 300,000 WagonsAs part of the Wagon GPS (WGPS) Project, the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has invited expressions of interest for particip...
Railways looks at upgrading tracks near coal minesAccording to one of the officials quoted above, the focus is on creating requisite infrastructure in coal and iron ore bearing regions of B...
Power engineers' body seeks withdrawal of Centre's directive to gencos for coal importsIt explained that these state gencos (power generation companies) have been thus exposed to the risk of overcharging, fudging of GCV values...
Power crisis: Railways deploys 86% of its open wagons for coal transportationThe Railways has also used an innovative method of using long-haul trains -- running three to five trains together -- at 122 locations in s...
Railways spent more than Rs 150 crore to repair wagons, augment coal movement: Official dataIt also said that around 9,982 such wagons were listed as damaged in January, the numbers of which reduced to 7,803 by May 2, with the rail...
Coal India to invest Rs 15,700 crore in conveyor belts for movement between mines and wagonsIn the first phase, it will upgrade infrastructure at 35 mines, each with capacity of four million tonnes per annum (MTPA) or more at six s...
Consumers oppose directive to cover coal wagons with tarpIn a gazette notification, the environment ministry removed stipulations of ash content or distance for transporting coal by thermal power ...
Coal India to invest RS 20,000 crore to switch over to mechanised loadingThe move is part of its thrust on green initiatives and upgradation of mechanised loading system in first-mile connectivity — coal-transpor...
Coal India to spend Rs 700 cr to procure 40 rakesThe Coal India has decided to procure rail wagons at an estimated cost of Rs 700 crore.
NMDC's upcoming steel unit in Bastar receives first rake of imported coalWith these two developments, NMDC said it is looking forward to starting production at the Nagarnar Steel Plant by July 2019.
Govt plans coal transportation in covered trucks, rail wagonsThe government has said it plans to transport coal in covered rail wagons and trucks across the country. Ferrying of coal in uncovered vehi...
Govt plans coal transportation in covered trucks, rail wagonsFerrying of coal in uncovered vehicles and rail wagons is said to be one of the key reasons behind high pollution levels along the transpor...
Coal India to invest Rs 500 crore in JV with railways to procure rail wagonsCoal India will invest about Rs 500 crore in its joint venture with Indian Railways to procure rail wagons for transporting coal. Rakes wil...
CIL ramps up coal evacuation, to procure wagons worth Rs 555 croreIn a bid to ramp up coal evacuation capacity, state-owned CIL is planning to procure wagons with an estimated investment of Rs 555.
Coal India to invest Rs 5000 crore to procure railway wagonsCoal India will invest Rs 5,000 crore in the Railways to procure wagons for speedy transportation of coal.
Railways facing shortage of 2,000 wagons dailyThe Railways assesses the requirement of wagons and places demand for new wagons every year as augmentation of freight stock is a continuou...