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The transfer of coal to CIL is likely to invite disputes with regard to quality of coal and transit losses due to handling and re-handling.

The development comes amid reports of sale of surplus coal by some private parties in open market against norms of captive coal block use.

The coal ministry, in its reply, had told the law ministry that the directive was final and the latter should limit its advice to the issue...

As per the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, there is no provision of sale of coal from the coal blocks allotted for captive use.

India may allow captive coal miners to sell surplus coal to steel, cement and power producers in a move that could challenge the monopoly o...

The govt may come out with a policy on the surplus coal in a month's time, Planning Commission said.

Coal ministry is formulating a surplus coal policy to decide on use of excess coal mined from coal blocks allotted to power generation firm...

Ministry of Coal is formulating the surplus coal policy to decide on the use of excess coal extracted from the coal block.

Surplus coal policy will enable the usage of excess coal from the mines allotted for a project to another project of the same company.

The Coal Ministry today said it has prepared a draft policy on utilisation of surplus coal from captive mines.

The policy on disposal of surplus coal from captive coal mines has been kept in abeyance for further inter-ministerial consultations.

The Law Ministry is of the view that the proposed policy is not in consonance with the decision of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) ...

"Ministry of Power desires that the production of surplus coal may be incentivised," a Coal Ministry source said.

The policy on the usage of surplus coal produced in mines allocated for captive use to firms would be finalised by November this year.

Govt has begun consultations on disposal of surplus coal from captive mines amid differences among various ministries over the subject.

Steel, power and cement companies will have to sell surplus coal from their captive blocks for 20% less than the government-determined pric...