Coal Ministry successfully auctions 10 Coal Mines of Five States in the latest effort
Update: 2022-02-12 16:16 IST
The Coal Ministry today successfully auctioned ten Coal Mines of Five States in the latest effort. In a statement the Ministry said, combined Coal Reserves are likely to be over 1,716 Million Tonnes (MT). Forty-two Mines have been auctioned so far under commercial coal mine auctioning.
The five states where the auction was completed include Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Odisha.
The mine-wise details are as below:
- Arunachal Pradesh: Namchik Namphuk is the mine of the state. Its geological reserves stand at 14.970 MT.
- Assam: Koilajan & Garampani are the two mines of the state. Geological reserves of Koilajan & Garampani stands at 0.058 MT and 0.468 MT.
- Jharkhand: Brinda & Sasai are the two mines of the state. The geological reserves of Brinda & Sasai stand at 61.053 MT.
- Maharashtra: Majra is the mine of the state. The geological reserves of Majra stand at 31.036 MT.
- Odisha: Bankhui, Bijahan, Meenakshi and Utkal C are the four mines of the state that were auctioned. Geological reserves of Bankhui, Bijahan, Meenakshi and Utkal C stands at 800 MT, 327.048 MT, 285.230 MT and 196.347 MT.
Under the commercial coal mining auction process a total of 42 coal mines, including the above 10 coal mines auctioned in Tranche-3, have been successfully auctioned to date with a total cumulative PRC of 86.404 MTPA.