South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) has been granted environment clearance to expand the mining capacity of Chhal opencast project located in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The peak rated capacity of the mine was increased to 6 mnt from 3.5 mnt per year in a revised mining lease area of 1,342.86 ha. Total geological reserve in the lease area is 197.257 mnt, of which 151.36 mnt is extractable. SECL registered coal production of 44.8 mnt in Apr-Jul’22, up 19% y-o-y.
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