Decision on coal policy this month likely

Shamim Jahangir
The Government is likely to take a major decision on ‘Coal Policy’ this month to ward off controversy on open pit and underground cave method of coal mining, sources in the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said.
Besides, the Energy Ministry will also arrive at a decision on ‘Third Round Offshore Bidding on [...]

Take immediate decision on coal mining

ET Report
Experts have urged the government to speed up coal mining policy, without which coal extraction is not possible. “We cannot afford to sit idle on huge coal reserves of our own due to only lack of a decision about the ways of extraction,” said Aminul Haque, a professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering [...]

US companies to invest in coal sector

R Akter
US companies are keen to invest in Bangladesh’s coal sector, another promising energy turf after natural gas where foreign firms, including US-based oil majors, are doing brisk business. State Minister for Power and Energy Shamsul Haque Tuku informed about the proposals following US Ambassador James F Moriarty’s meeting with him at his Energy Ministry [...]

Use environment-friendly technology to extract coal: Hasina

Unb, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for using environment-friendly state-of-the-art technology in extracting coal from Barapukuria coalmine so that local villagers do not suffer any kind of loss from soil subsidence. She made the remark when an eight-member delegation of the consortium company of Barapukuria Coal Mine, Xuzhou Coal Mining Group Corporation, [...]

Extract coal from Phulbari without wasting time

R Akter

The government must not waste anymore time on the coal extraction issue. It should ask the foreign company concerned to start extracting coal from Phulbari and, in the meanwhile, start making arrangements for setting up coal-based power plants. Many private entrepreneurs will be interested in setting up the same, experts said.
The country at the [...]

House panel for immediate coal extraction from Phulbari

ET Report

A parliamentary watchdog, Estimate Committee, has suggested immediate extraction of coal from the five mines including the much-talked about Phulbari coal field. But the committee, which makes estimates on public affairs, made no recommendations on the mining methods-open-pit or underground.
“The committee has recommended that coal from our five mines should immediately be extracted for [...]

Govt plans to build five coal-based power plants at $3.5b to end crisis

FE Report

The government has started working on a plan to set up five coal-based power plants with combined capacity of 2,500 mega watt to solve the country’s crippling electricity crisis for the long term, officials said Friday. Power Development Board officials said the five power plants would cost around US $3.5 billion and would take [...]

Compensation for Barapukuria Subsidence-Miners, villagers strike deal

Sharier Khan
Representatives of villagers affected by land subsidence caused by coal mining in Barapukuria have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) for compensation and cooperation.
The BCMCL will pay compensation for loss of land at a premium price to around 2,400 affected people of seven villages around the mine, [...]

Govt working on approval of coal policy, open-pit mining at Barapukuria, resettlement of affected people

Sharier Khan
Within this year, the government will take several major and thorny decisions on developing the coal sector, including approval of the coal policy, an open-pit mine in Barapukuria, resettlement of people affected by the existing mine and development of a mine city.
The government is already working on the mine city in Barapukuria by identifying [...]

JS panel stresses coal extraction to reduce dependence on gas

Staff Correspondent
A parliamentary panel on Monday asked the ministry of power, energy and mineral resources to come up with a report on a ‘suitable’ mining method for coal extraction in Bangladesh. It also asked the government to expedite the process for facilitating use of coal for power generation as the country has been suffering electricity [...]