Company has ramped up supply of coal over the last five days to address a coal shortage at utilities across the country, the federal coal ministry said on Tuesday.

Women made up about 7.5% of Coal India workforce.

The Independent Planning Commision declined to grant planning permission to Hume Coal for the project, citing the potential impact to groundwater stores.

Until now almost all of South Africa’s investment and planned investment in renewable energy has been by private companies.

BHP is the first big resources company to consider such a step.

Region is increasingly becoming split between those countries willing and able to pay high prices, and those who are cutting now unaffordable imports.

Local authorities approved 24 plants with a combined capacity of 5.2 gigawatts, a 79% decline from the same period in 2020.

Miners are beginning to test out options to replace their vast diesel-powered fleets with zero-emissions alternatives.