48 Orders issued So Far under Commercial Mining

18 Jan 2023 CW Team

The Ministry of Coal has issued Allocation Orders for three more coal mines under the commercial coal mining. Representatives of successful bidders received allocation orders from Additional Secretary (MoC) & Nominated Authority, Shri M. Nagaraju. During his address Additional Secretary & Nominated Authority emphasised on participation of the private sector for contributing towards energy security. He also requested successful bidders to complete development of the coal mine as per efficiency parameters.

The cumulative production capacity of these three coal mines comes to 3.7 Million Ton per annum (MTPA) and Geological Reserves 156.57 MT. These mines are expected to generate an Annual Revenue of Rs. 4080 million and will attract Capital Investment of Rs. 5500 million. It will provide employment to 5000 people.

With the allocation of these coal mines, allocation orders have been issued for 48 coal mines so far with cumulative PRC of 89 MTPA under commercial mining.

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