Partha Bhattacharya, ex-chairman of Coal India, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Mitali Mukherjee and Udayan Mukherjee, said that the 26% net profit will translate to about 5% or 5.5% of total sales.

Rains dampen Coal India's growth, but bullish on road ahead

Coal India’s production and growth has slowed down in the past two months. This, chairman NC Jha says is on the back of heavy rains. However, for the current year, he expects to produce 452 million tonne coal.

Coal shortage not private, but national worry: Adani Power

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Ravi Sharma, CEO of Adani Power said that coal shortage is a national issue and not an individual company's concern. He added that companies without integrated business model are likely to be affected by the shortfall.

Poor investor sentiment might plague ONGC FPO: Ex-chairman

RS Sharma, former chairman of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) says that the government will not realise good value from the company's FPO without providing clarity on issues like pricing and subsidy sharing.

NTPC aims to double power generation growth this fiscal

India's largest power company NTPC aims to double growth in power generation this fiscal, said chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury. He is confident of achieving an additional capacity of five gigawatt (GW) this year.

Rake availability not an issue currently: Coal India

NC Jha, Chairman, Coal India in an interview with CNBC-TV18 said that the company is planning to ramp up the coal production to 9% from the current 6% soon.

Power supply must be met before e-auctioning: Power Min

Power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, in an interview with CNBC-TV18's Sonia Shenoy and Mitali Mukherjee, demanded complete supply to the power sector before considering the e-auction.

Wage hike from July 1 can shoot up prices, says Coal India

Denying all the speculations of cancelled coal blocks being awarded to Coal India, its chairman NC Jha says that the company is all set to hike wages due from July 1, 2011. Jha says, "The company may hike prices in order to compensate for wage hike." The company is set to take a call on the price hike by the end of June.

Orient Paper may increase price from April 1

ML Pachisia, MD, Orient Papers & Industries, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Mitali Mukherjee and Sonia Shenoy, spoke about the recent happenings in his company and the road ahead.

KTPCL transmission line to be erected by June-July: Lanco

The transmission lines of Udupi power plant of Lanco Infratech is not yet ready and is believed to affect the billing of the company. J Suresh Kumar chief financial officer of Lanco Infratech says that the company won't be generating electricity for lack of evacuation infrastructure and hence, there will be no billing until then.

Will meet FY11 guidance of over 3,000mw: NTPC

There is a substantial increase in global and local coal prices, however, Arup Roy Choudhury chairman and managing director of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) maintains that the company is confident of being able to meet FY11 guidance of over 3,000mw in FY11.

Binani Cement may hike price by Rs 10-12 per bag

Vinod Juneja, MD of Binani Cement, in an interview with CNBC-TV18’s Latha Venkatesh and Gautam Broker, gave his analysis on the budget and the how would it impact his company going forward.

GVK Power urges govt to rethink high MAT rate

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 about his budget expectations, Isaac George, CFO, GVK Power, said, the minimum alternate tax (MAT) has risen to 20% and is eating up all the tax benefits enjoyed by infrastructure companies.

Expect production of 447 mn tonne in FY12: Coal India

Partha S Bhattacharyya, Chairman, Coal India expects production of 447 million tonne in FY12.

May miss production target this yr on green woes: CIL

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Chairman Partha S Bhattacharyya confirmed fears that the company may end with the lower than targetted 460 million tonne for the current fiscal.