Coal India Ltd (CIL) and its subsidiaries are planning to augment the coal capacity by 104.82 MnT per annum under the new mining projects.
The information was provided by the Minister of Coal, Mr Piyush Goyal, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
Commenting on the efforts being made to increase coal production in the country by opening new mines, Mr Goyal had said that the opening of coal mines is a continuous activity which is undertaken regularly to meet the increasing demand of coal in the economy.
CIL has 15 new mines under its belt to enhance the mining capacity; however the exact period of when the production would start was not specified. Out of the total mines, 12 of them belonged to SECL, while the remaining three mines belonged to ECL and MCL.
The two coal mines from MCL would contribute 50 MnT per annum, while the 12 mines from SECL had a combined capacity of 51.82 MnT per annum.
Details of Upcoming Projects:
| S.No | Project | Type | Coalfield | State | Subsidiary | Peak Rated Capacity |
| 1 | Hura C OCP | OC | Rajmahal | Jharkhand | ECL | 3 |
| 2 | Ketki | UG | CIC | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 0.42 |
| 3 | Jagannnathpur | OC | CIC | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 3 |
| 4 | Madan Nagar | OC | CIC | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 12 |
| 5 | Vijay West | OC | Sendurgarh | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 3 |
| 6 | Saraipali | OC | KRB | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 1.4 |
| 7 | Kartali East | OC | KRB | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 2.5 |
| 8 | Pelma | OC | RAI | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 15 |
| 9 | Bijari | OC | RAI | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 1.5 |
| 10 | Durgapur OC | OC | RAI | Chhattisgarh | SECL | 6 |
| 11 | Amritdhara OC | OC | CIC | Madhya Pradesh | SECL | 2 |
| 12 | Malachua | OC | CIC | Madhya Pradesh | SECL | 3 |
| 13 | Batura | OC | CIC | Madhya Pradesh | SECL | 2 |
| 14 | Garjanbahal OCP | OC | IB Valley | Odisha | MCL | 10 |
| 15 | Siarmal OCP | OC | IB Valley | Odisha | MCL | 40 |
| Total | 104.82 | |||||
Capacity in MnT
Apart from the capacity addition though the new mining projects, the coal minister has also informed that direction has been issued to the nominated authority to allocate 27 coal mines.
The break-up of the mines includes: 6 coal mines for the end use of production of Iron and Steel, 13 coal mines for the end use of Iron & Steel, Cement and Captive Power, 2 mines for state government company for coal sales and 6 mines for the purpose of own consumption for power.
Under Coal Mines Special Provision Act 2015, 84 coal mines in the country have been allocated so far.
Annual Coal Demand for Power Sector:
Mr. Goyal reiterated that the gap between demand and domestic supply of coal cannot be bridged completely as there is insufficient availability of coking coal and power plant designed on imported coal will continue to import coal for their operations.
However, as a result of enhanced domestic coal supply to power plants, the coal import by power plants has reduced from 80.58 MnT in 2015-16 to 56.41 MnT in 2017-18.
For the FY19, Ministry of Power has projected annual domestic coal requirement of 615 MnT (525 MnT from CIL, 53 MnT from SCCL and 37 MnT from Captive mines).
Leave a Reply