energy security

NALCO, under the leadership of Chairman and Managing Director Brijendra Pratap Singh, has announced a monumental ₹30,000 crore investment to establish a new aluminium smelter and an associated coal-based power plant, marking a significant…

Resurgence of Capacity Addition For nearly a decade, India’s thermal capacity additions slowed as renewables took center stage. This narrative is now shifting: The Government of India has cleared 80–97 GW of new thermal capacity…

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced a $1.35 billion financing facility for Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), forming the largest tranche of a $4 billion syndicated loan to refinance the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and…

Coal India Limited (CIL), the world’s largest coal-producing company and a Maharatna PSU under India’s Ministry of Coal, has set an ambitious target to supply 900.24 million tonnes (MT) of coal in the fiscal year 2025–26 (FY26), marking an…

Zambia has taken a bold step toward energy independence with the announcement of a landmark $1.1 billion agreement to construct a crude oil refinery and integrated energy complex in Ndola, located in the country’s Copperbelt Province.…

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) defended its July 11 decision to relax sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emission norms for coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs), calling it a “pragmatic shift” to avoid ₹2.54…

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) defended its revised sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emission norms for coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs), calling them a “cost-effective and climate-coherent” approach,…

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) defended its revised sulphur dioxide (SO₂) emission norms for coal- and lignite-based thermal power plants (TPPs), describing them as a “scientifically justified shift…

In a pivotal move to strengthen India’s energy supply chain, Coal India Limited (CIL), the state-owned coal mining giant responsible for over 80% of India’s coal production, is accelerating its rail infrastructure expansion to fast-track…

In a significant step toward strategic autonomy, the European Union is preparing to create emergency stockpiles of critical minerals in anticipation of potential military conflict, cyber warfare, and climate-related disruptions. A draft…