Coal India subsidiary Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) has launched a fresh attempt to operationalise its Sanghamitra project by initiating a new tender under the mine-developer-operator (MDO) mode.
The Sanghamitra project, with peak rated capacity of 20 million tonnes (mnt)/year, is located in the North Karanpura coalfields of Jharkhand.
This is not the first time the company has floated tender for this project. In fact, the previous two tenders were cancelled due to low valuation.
The operator is required to carry out project development which broadly involve designing, financing, construction and procurement of mining equipment. In addition, operation and maintenance of the mine for excavation and delivery of coal also fall within the scope of the tender.
Bid evaluation would be carried out via reverse auction on the basis of mining charge quoted by the bidder. The duration of contract is 25 years.
The last date of bid submission is 24 August, 2022.
Status of MDO projects
Coal mine development under MDO mode has been identified as a measure to boost production by involving external agencies which would contribute to advanced technology and operational efficiency in mining.
Moreover, this engagement would result in considerable savings for CIL in terms of capital expenditure on equipment and construction costs.
For this exercise, CIL has earmarked 15 coal projects with an estimated capacity of 170.58 mnt/year, that comprise 10 opencast and five underground mines.
So far, work order has been finalised for tender floated against five of these projects. This includes CCL’s Chandragupt and Kotre Basantpur Pachmo mines that were awarded to SIML-MRKR and PMPL-AMR respectively.
The remaining 10 projects are currently under different stages of the tender process.
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