India seeks Clean Coal Technology from South Africa: Coal to Oil, Underground Coal Gasification

January 19th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Coal Industry News | Leave A Comment »

January 19, 2011 (Coal Geology): India has sought cooperation in the fields of clean coal technology like Coal to Oil (CTL), Underground Coal Gasification and coal beneficiation besides modern technology for underground coal mining including advance shaft sinking and drift drivage technologies from South Africa. In the bilateral talks with Energy Minister of South Africa [...]

India Seeks More Coal blocks from Mozambique

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January 19, 2011 (Coal Geology): India has urged the Mozambique to consider allocation of more coal blocks to Indian companies besides expediting formalities for making operational two blocks, already allocated to Coal India Ltd. The Minister of State of Coal, Shri Jaiswal who is in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, on two -days tour with a [...]

Trayport and 3i Infotech to Offer India’s Power Markets Full Integration of Risk Management and Trading Systems

January 10th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Coal Industry News | Leave A Comment »

LONDON and NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2011 9Coal Geology)– Trayport Limited (www.trayport.com), a GFI Group company and leading provider of exchange trading solutions, has announced that its exchange platform has full integration with 3i Infotech’s (www.3i-infotech.com) Risk Management Solution (RMS), Surveillance (AWACS) and Order Management System (TRADIS) and both companies will use their combined experience [...]

2010 Coal Production in India: Coal Stock Position Improved

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January 5, 2011 (Coal Geology): The year 2010 was significant in the area of coal production, a number of significant steps taken up in the sector which include competitive bidding of coal blocks, expansion of coal production capacity, offering of 10 per cent share of Coal India Ltd. to the public  and highest ever lignite [...]

Coal Reserve-Resource in India: 2009 Update: 267.21 Billion tonnes of Coal

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January 5, 2011 (Coal Geology):  Exploration carried out up to the depth of 1200m by the GSI, CMPDI and MECL etc, a cumulative total of 267.21 Billion tonnes of Geological Resources of Coal  have so far been estimated in the country as on 1.4.2009. The state-wise distribution of coal resources and its categorisation are as [...]

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