Aditya Birla group firm Hindalco wins another coal mine

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 10:48

Hindalco has bagged two mines out of the 13 put on offer so far.

Coal block auction begins: Ambanis, Adanis in the race

Last Updated: Saturday, February 14, 2015, 12:04

Auction of coal blocks began on Saturday for the first time with corporate honchos Ambanis, Adanis and Birlas queuing up for the two mines being offered on day one.

Vedanta bid for 14 blocks; Birla, Adani also in fray

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 18:21

Mining baron Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group has bid for the most number of 14 coal mines out of 23 on offer in the first round of auction which also have aggressive bids by Aditya Birla Group, Adani and Naveen Jindal group, but was shunned by foreign players.

Row over coal Ordinance; SC rejects Centre's pleas

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 3, 2015, 19:56

Government on Tuesday suffered a jolt when the Supreme Court dismissed its plea to stop private firms from challenging the validity of certain provisions of the controversial 2014 Coal Ordinance in various high courts.

Coal scam: CBI draws flak for taking "U-turn" in final reports

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 17:17

CBI on Friday drew flak from the Special Court for taking "U-turn" on investigation of various coal scam cases and filing final reports, without giving any plausible reasons for arriving at such conclusions.

Fresh notices to Tata Steel, JSPL, others in coal allocation

Last Updated: Friday, January 16, 2015, 16:51

The Government Friday issued fresh show cause notices to prior allottees of coal blocks like JSPL, JSW and Tata Steel, asking reasons behind delays in mines development and warned of deduction in their bank guarantees if they failed to furnish replies.

IMG to meet next week to examine issue of BG of coal blocks

Last Updated: Friday, December 26, 2014, 14:50

The IMG has members from various ministries, including steel and power.

Govt approves re-promulgation of Coal Ordinance

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 13:21

The government had to go in for re-promulgation of the Ordinance as the Rajya Sabha could not take up the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill.

After pitch-dark 2014, coal aims to discard scam taint in 2015

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 12:30

In an urgent need for its image makeover, the scam-tainted coal sector will require mammoth efforts in 2015 from the government and the corporates, after a year full of adversities and stuck projects undermined investments totalling billions of dollars.

Coal scam: Court tells CBI to record Manmohan Singh's statement

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 10:18

An FIR was lodged against Birla, Parakh and others relating to the allocation of Talabira II and III coal blocks in Odissa in 2005 to Hindalco.

Coal Ministry to put 18 additional blocks for sale in 1st phase: Secy

Last Updated: Thursday, December 4, 2014, 14:01

The Coal Ministry will auction or allot 18 more coal blocks in addition to already announced 74 mines for sale in the first lot to meet the growing demand for the fossil fuel.

Coal scam: CBI to send judicial request to Malaysia for info

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:58

CBI will soon send a judicial request to Malaysia seeking information about a firm with which one of the accused Indian companies had shown a tie-up to bag a coal block in Chhattisgarh.