PUBLIC SECTOR coal giant Coal India Limited (CIL) is foraying into the power generation space and plans to invest over Rs 20,000 crore for the development and acquisition of new and existing coal mines over the next 5 years.
CIL plans to ramp up coal production to a level of 521 million tonne by 2012 from [...]

A part of the mining belt system at the first mine of Neyveli Lignite Corporation was completely damaged in a fire last night, affecting production, a company official said.
More than 120 metres of the mining belt system were damaged. Fire tenders fought the blaze for an hour and doused it. The loss is estimated at [...]

The strike by workers protesting the Centre’s decision to disinvest 10 per cent equity in the Neyveli Lignite Corporation entered its second day today, paralysing lignite mining and power generation here.
With supply of electricity from the NLC to the Tamil Nadu grid almost nil since last night, many rural areas were affected by power cuts. [...]

Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, will invest Rs 4,000 crore to augument its production capacity to 70 million tonne over the next five years and plans foray into power generation. “NCL will open two new mines and take up expansion work in six other existing mines to increase its coal [...]