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| Panel to suggest guidelines for offshore wind energy units |
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The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah told the Rajya Sabha recently that the Ministry has constituted an Offshore Wind Energy Steering Committee. The Steering committee in its meeting held in March, 2012, decided to constitute a sub-committee under the chairmanship of Chairman, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to suggest draft policy guidelines for development of offshore wind energy activities in the country. The sub-committee has submitted its report to the Ministry....
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Farooq Abdullah, Rajya Sabha, Offshore Wind Energy Steering Committee
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| CCI, state govt to promote mining in Saranda forest |
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Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI), which is headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Jharkhand government are said to be taking efforts to develop iron ore mines in the 800 sq km Saranda forest division of Jharkhand. While the state government has reportedly prepared a list of 155 mines in the area, the CCI has already approved iron ore mining projects of two firms in the area....
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Cabinet Committee On Infrastructure, CCI, Mining, Sal, Forest, Environment, Iron Ore, Project, Clearance, Saranda, Jharkhand
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| Coal India to set up washeries |
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Coal India (CIL) is in the process of setting up 20 new washeries with an annual capacity of 111 million tonne. Currently, it operates 17 washeries with an annual capacity of 39.4 million tonne, reports suggest. Environment activists and power plants, who use coal, are demanding that coal be supplied after it is treated in washeries so that impurities are removed...
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Coal India, CIL, Washeries, Blocks, Fuel Supply Agreement, Pact, Power, Diesel, Offtake, Production, Output, Mining
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| India's import of steel scrap, coal set to rise |
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Some analysts expect import of steel scrap and coal to rise because of shortage in the domestic availability of iron ore and coal. Decline in domestic iron ore production on the back of ban on mining in Karnataka and Goa prompted consumers of ore to import steel scrap from abroad. Some reports suggest that India's import of metal scrap almost doubled from $7 billion in 2009-10 to $13 billion in 2012-...
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Steel, Scrap, Coal, Mining, Mineral, Goa, Karnataka, Goa, Import, Iron Ore, Production, Demand, Power, Plant
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| AP govt gets request to transfer lease to Bramhani Steel |
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Some political parties urge the Andhra Pradesh government to transfer the mining leases alloted to Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), which is facing charges of illegal mining, in favour of Bramhani Steel. Former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and his brothers are the promoters of Bramhani Steel. They also own the...
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Obulapuram Mining Company, OMC, Mining, Lease, Transfer, Steel, Project, Plant, Investment, Mineral, Metal, Bramhani Steel
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| Coimbatore beats summer heat with wind power |
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In Coimbatore area wind mills have been contributing 3,200 mw daily to the grid for the past one week and that why residents of Coimbatore are breathing easy this summer. Wind mills have been contributing 3,200 mw daily to the grid and the city had gone without outages for the past five days. However, industries continue to face 40 per cent of cut in the supply....
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Coimbatore Area, Wind Mills, Grid, Coimbatore, Wind Mills
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| Govt releases hydro-meteorological data |
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In pursuance of the recommendations of the National Water Policy (2012) for placing all hydrological data, other than those classified on national security consideration, in public domain, Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has formulated a draft Hydro-meteorological Data Dissemination Policy. It was released for comments on 7th March, 2013. Now the Hydro-meteorological Data Dissemination Policy (2013) has been modified and finalised. It was also circulated amongst related Ministries/Departments...
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National Water Policy (2012), Hydrological Data
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| CIL may exceed output target in FY14 |
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A leading media quoted Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal as saying that the state-run miner Coal India (CIL) may exceed the output target of 482 million tonne (mn t) in 2013-14. In 2012-13, it produced 452 mn t of the fuel. If it exceeds the target, the output of the firm would be at a five-year high, reports suggest. In 2013-14, CIL's output growth would be more than 6.7 per cent. The...
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Coal India, CIL, Blocks, Fuel Supply Agreement, Pact, Power, Diesel, Offtake, Production, Output, Mining
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