Tag: Coal

Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) has completed preliminary study to install the country’s first 50MW coal power generation plant at Sundar...

Eminent scientist Dr Samar Mubarakmand on Tuesday said Pakistan was on the brink of generating affordable electricity through the unexploited Thar coal reserves where...

The exports of petroleum and coal products witnessed a wide surge of 152.56 per cent during the first month of the current fiscal year...

The Chinese company Global Mining, which was allocated Block I of the Thar coalfield, initially intends to mine five million tonnes of coal a...

Ten people were killed by an explosion in a coal mine in southwest China, a local official said Monday, in the latest in a...

This is the story of hungry people living in the valley of gold and diamonds. They are hungry because they have no determination and...

The Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) on Thursday demonstrated the production of electricity from coal at Thar which may help overcome...

A Russian company, Inter Rao Use has expressed interest to invest in the small hydropower, coal power generation projects and to develop transmission lines...

Nearly 70 miners were trapped underground and at least eight have died in a spate of mining accidents that have jolted China's dangerous mine...

The Sindh Assembly (SA) on Wednesday unanimously passed the Thar Coal Energy Board Bill-2011, enabling the provincial government to attract domestic and international investment...

A new film protesting against US coal mining and starring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to boost green alternatives such as wind power and...

At a time when the country is facing its worst energy crisis, the apathy of the Sindh government could be gauged from the fact...

The government wants the Thar Coal and Energy Board (TCEB) to accelerate the pace of work for power generation, which is essential for the...

The draft of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sindh government and the China Kingho Group for investment in the Thar coal project will...

KARACHI - A Chinese state-owned corporation has expressed willingness to invest in the Thar coal project and other power projects in the province. China Godian Group Chairperson Renaiquin shared these views during her meeting with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the Chief Minister's House on Wednesday, where provincial government officials briefed her about Thar coalfield. She is leading a seven-member Chinese delegation currently on a visit to the country. According to an

KARACHI - Disruption in coal supplies is plausible as the geo-political situation, emerging in Middle East and North Africa, is likely to trigger a rise in crude oil prices. With reference to Pakistan, import of coal - chiefly from Indonesia - may have an adverse impact on production cost, given the latter's electricity generation need, said Gulshan D Ferozepurwalla at SCS trade.
He pointed out that political instability dominates oil markets in Middle East and North Africa,

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday presided the 11th meeting of Thar Coal and Energy Board held at Chief Minister House. The chief minister, who is also chairman of the board, said that the coal and energy projects are essential for the development and progress of not only for Thar area but will bring prosperity throughout Pakistan.
He added that the work of eight different blocks allotted to different firms and companies is in progress, and the work of