Tag: Coal

150MW Lakhra coal plant rusting

Lakhra power plant that can produce 50MW at a cheap price of Rs5 per unit, has been shut for the last two months due...

Coal mine blast leaves 40 miners dead in China’s Sichuan...

At least 40 miners were killed and 15 others injured in a coal mine blast in southwestern China late on Saturday night. According to...

Ship carrying 55000MT PSM coal arrives

A spokesman of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) Tuesday said a ship carrying 55,000 metric tons of coal arrived at the Port Qasim Pakistan Steel...

Afghan official rejects WSJ report on China-run project

An Afghan government official has described a report of US influential newspaper the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on sacking coal miners in Bamiyan province...

Czech Republic NOEL to invest in coal at Badin

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah met with a six member delegation of CZECH Republic at Chief Minister House on Monday. The CZECH Republic...

Japan offers to construct transmission line for Thar Coal Project

Japan offered to support Thar Coal power projects and to construct a transmission line to link the project with the national grid. This was...

Govt to use Thar Coal in all Power Plants

Government of Pakistan (GOP) has decided to convert all the existing and new power plants on the specification of Thar Coal versus earlier plan...

Thar coal to ensure reduction of power tariff, create jobs: PEW

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded the landmark policy decision of the federal government to use Thar coal for coal-based power generation...

Thar coal to fuel future power projects

The government on Wednesday decided that it would only use the coal reserves in Thar for future power generation, while converting existing power plants...

PCSIR successfully produces electricity from coal, Senate body happy

Successful demonstration of production of electricity from coal at Thar by Pakistan Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR) may help overcome current energy...

Thar coal power generation project not workable: Ahmad Mukhtar

Minister for Water and Power Ahmad Mukhtar on Saturday said power generation from Thar coal had not been workable so far. In an interview...

Indian police make raids over coal scandal

Indian police on Tuesday opened a probe into five coal companies after raiding premises across the country over the alleged misallocation of lucrative mining...

Hauled over coals

PM Singh gets soot on his face It could be a coincidence, but one wonders. This is the first session of parliament in over eight...

Planning Commission opposes Thar coal power project

Opposing the Thar coal power project, the Planning Commission on Tuesday said generating 100 megawatts of electricity using coal was unrealistic. According to the...

Planning Commission opposes Thar coal power project

Opposing the Thar coal power project, the Planning Commission has said that generating 100 megawatts of electricity from coal is unrealistic. According to the...

Future is hydel, not coal

The Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is reported to have said that Thar coal project is nation’s future. This is only half truth. Complete...

Government focusing on generating power through coal: Mukhtar

Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Saturday said the government was focusing on power generation through coal in order to overcome...