Discussing the reasons for coal shortage, Partha Bhattacharya, Former Chairman, Coal India, said this is kind of a situation can occur if Coal India fails to supply coal or there is lesser import by power stations.

Investments worth around Rs 250,000 cr is at stake: JSPL

Post SC verdict on coal block allocation, JSPL cracked around 15 percent Monday. The stock has bounced back after two days of intense selling. It witnessed some buying at lower levels on Wednesday.

Cos like Mahagenco are already audited by CAG: Pramod Deo

Pramod Deo, Former Chairperson of CERC says these allegations basically mean that there is lack of faith in electricity act and the regulator. He however makes it clear that in no way is he defending the regulators and saying that they are doing their jobs well. "There is always scope for improvement," he adds.

BEML eyes orders worth Rs 3500cr in FY14: CMD

BEML's order book at January 2014-end stood at Rs 6,100 crore, while receiving fresh orders of over Rs 2,500 crore on year-to-date basis for FY14. Emphasizing on inventory control and interest cost control, it is betting big on the mining front.

Worst over for thermal power space post reforms: Feedback

According to Vinayak Chatterjee, thermal power has seen maximum number of policy reforms in the last 18 months and so, the worst seems to be behind for it.

Large scale coal washing final solution to CIL's worry: Pro

According to Partha Bhattacharyya, washed coal has never been seriously demanded by the power sector. To that extent, the power sector is also partially responsible to allow continuation of supply of coal from the mines straight away without washing.

CCI move will force CIL to treat customers at par: APP

Ashok Khurana, Director-General, Association of Power Producers is hopeful that the company will re-draft the agreement and make it more equitable and ensure greater transparency

May import 16 MT coal in FY14: NTPC

NTPC chairman Arup Roy Choudhury told CNBC-TV18 that in the second half of FY14, availability of fuel will see substantial improvement.

Govt may expedite divesting stake in HZL, Balco: Tulsian

SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com says,” I think the government will now be happy to expedite the process of divesting their residual stake in HZL as well as in Balco.”

Reserves reported in 2010 meet global standards: Coal India

Coal India eyes a production target of 482 million tonne for FY14 and the coal off take target of 492 million tonne, which it is confident of achieving by the end of the year, says CMD S Narsing Rao.

See FY14 output at 3.5 lakh tonne: Nalco

According to Ansuman Das, the company will continue to keep its production at the current levels and have no plans for any further production cut. Nalco got its coal supply secured till 2018 by Coal India and is confident of giving aluminium output of around 350,000 tonnes for FY14.

Cos will reflect reform boost in 4-5 months: Feedback Infra

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Vinayak Chatterjee, chairman, Feedback Infra says most of the CCI announcements were largely focused on the power sector and the government is moving in the right direction.

E-auction realisation disappointed in Q1: Coal India's Rao

Coal India marginally missed its output target for July by two percent to 32.77 million tonne. The state-run PSU, which is the world's largest coal miner, had set a production target of 33.44 MT for the month

Signing FSA with CIL possible as early as Friday: NTPC

NTPC will sign the fuel supply agreement with Coal India ending a long drawn battle on Friday after Coal India‘s board clears the agreement says NTPC chairman Arup Roy Chowdhury.

Panel to decide tariff hike for Mundra plant: Adani Power

Representatives of power and distribution companies will unanimously decide the quantum of tariff increase from power plants being fed with expensive imported coal.

Coal India aims to liquidate 18MT inventory by FY14 end

Coal India aims to bring down its stock pile to 40 million tonne by FY14 end from current 57 million tonne.

Which firms will get impacted by coal pool pricing move?

Salil Garg of India Ratings said, “Only on those power generators or those new Independent Power Producers (IPPs) who are not operating on the cost plus model and those who have either bid on a fixed price basis and they are unable to pass through the increased cost of the imported coal back to the consumers, will be impacted by this decision.”

Coal India unable to meet power demand: NTPC CMD

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 about its differences with Coal India, NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury said the company is not sure if the coal giant has the ability to meet the power sector's growing demand.

Currently facing excess capacity of 10-15%: Tata Power

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Anil Sardana, MD of Tata Power says the government needs to take more steps to bring reforms in the sector.

No option but to import coal: Scindia

"There is no option, but to import coal," says Power Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia who is determined to make coal price pooling, a reality soon.

Won't have direct impact of rail freight hike: Coal India

After the Railway Minister PK Bansal hiked rail freight fares in the Railway Budget 2013-14 today, S Narsing Rao, chairman and managing director, Coal India doesn't see the hike having any direct impact on the company.

Coal India sure of NTPC signing FSA; warns of price hike

S Narsing Rao, CMD of Coal India, is optimistic that issues with NTPC on the quality of coal can be sorted out.

Have almost sorted out FSA issues with Coal India: NTPC

State run NTPC seems to have ironed out issues with Coal India (CIL) over clauses laid out in the new fuel supply agreement (FSA). Despite NTPC stating that it will finally sign agreement with CIL, there is still no clarity on whether changes have been incorporated in the agreement.

Coal India may miss FY13 production target of 464mt

World's largest coal miner today posted a strong set of earnings. Coal India's net profit rose to Rs 4,395 crore, beating street estimates. S Narsing Rao, Chairman of Coal India says the PSU may miss its FY13 production target of 464 million tonnes (MT).

Offtake target bigger challenge than production: Coal India

Narsing Rao, chairman of Coal India said, in an interview with CNBC-TV18 that meeting the offtake targets for the year would be a bigger challenge than achieving production goals