State-run Coal India (CIL) has targeted to increase its production of coal from underground (UG) mines to 31 million tonnes (mt) in the current financial year, ending March 2024. The mining ...

Underground mining is a capital- and tech-intensive activity. The share of underground mines in India’s coal production continues to be very low, despite efforts being taken to give a boost to ...

India’s Ministry of Coal has introduced a series of incentives to promote underground coal mining aimed at modernising the coal ecosystem and promoting sustainable development of the coal sector.

Photo: AFP New Delhi: India’s second-largest coal producer Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd will open the country’s biggest underground mine in October with a capacity of 2.8 million tonnes per ...

Coal India, which produced a total of 781.08 mt in FY25, also has ambitious plans to scale up production from underground mines. While the ED had till Friday night not officially specified the grounds ...