At least five miners, including four from Assam, are feared trapped in a coal mine in neighbouring Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district since Sunday night after it was flooded following the &...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked top officials to start the first phase of Deocha-Pachami coal mine project on vacant government land and said her government would compensate adequately ...

More than 400 diploma engineers from the across the country on Wednesday carried out a day-long demonstration at the headquarters of mines regulator, Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) in...

The Centre on Monday said it is trying to "consult and convince" the Jharkhand government about the benefits of its commercial coal mining policy which is designed to boost domestic producti...

While one group of coal loaders is being backed by the Marxist Coordination Committee (MCC) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the other is supported by the BJP. BJP leader Amrendra “Guddu&...

Coal India on Saturday said power plants need to inform the subsidiaries of the miner their programme for fuel sourcing to avoid any shortage during peak demand. The peak power demand, which is the h...

The government plans to launch the coal import monitoring system from February, making it mandatory for importers to disclose future shipments.  Importers of coking coal, steam coal and bitumino...

The Supreme Court on Monday took note of Jharkhand government’s claim about non-compliance of its earlier direction regarding re-grassing of mined areas by leaseholders after ceasing operations ...

Former Nirsa MLA Arup Chatterjee, who was at the site, said mining operations at the site were launched two days ago. “The colliery was lying closed since November 27 when there was a similar in...

The Birbhum district administration will form a special committee of local residents from various communities to accompany surveyors in the social impact assessment of the Deocha Pachami coal mine pro...