The Competition Commission has ordered a fresh probe into allegations that state-run Coal India and one of its subsidiaries abused their dominant position in the market for production and supply of coal. The latest probe has come on a complaint filed by GHCL Ltd which has alleged that the coal miner and its subsidiary, Western Coalfields, had slapped unfair conditions in fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with the power producers for supply of non-coking coal.

A similar complaint was earlier...

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The incentive that the central power regulator gave Tata Power and Adani Power, might turn out to be short-lived revelry. Five state governments are all set to challenge the move by the regulator to let these companies pass on their increased fuel costs to power purchasers. Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab and Gujarat have taken an in-principle decision to soon approach the Appellate Tribunal of Electricity (ATE) against the order passed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) las...

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Coal India Ltd, the world's largest coal miner, plans to set up a 1.6 gigawatt power plant by 2015/16 near one of its mines from which coal cannot be shipped and sold due to a lack of rail connections, a company executive said.The company has often said its output would be 300 million tonnes more than the current figure of about 475 million given enough rail tracks to carry the fuel from new and remote mines.

Insufficient connectivity is one of the reasons the company has lagged output ...

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