Opening the Pandora's box on tariff-based competitive bids

A parliamentary panel has recommended an overhaul of the compensation mechanism for people displaced and otherwise affected by coal mining operations by linking it to royalty payouts. If the recommendation is accepted, coal miners will have to pay ...

To meet shortfall in domestic coal supplies, Coal India Ltd may need to import nearly 15 million tonnes in 2013-14. This follows the Government decision on Monday that allowed the miner to fill the gap between domestic supplies and annual contracted ...

In what could be a major setback to Gautam Adani-promoted Adani Group, coal from its Carmichael project in Australia may not fire any (UMPPs) in India. This is because the ash content expected in the coal from that mine is much higher than the ...

Mining companies' output usually follows a seasonal pattern. But Coal India Limited (CIL)'s monthly production graph follows a trajectory that raises questions on safety and financial prudence. A Business Standard analysis of CIL's monthly output ...

The Zambian government has criticized Vedanta Resources Plc, the London-listed mining company controlled by Indian-born billionaire Anil Agarwal, for failing to generate employment commensurate with the size of its investment in the southern African ...

The government may not be able to raise the prices of natural gas as much as it wants to because the fertilizer and power ministries have reservations on the recommended pricing formula. The proposed freeing of gas prices and a resultant increase ...