Country's largest coal importing centre, Mundra Port and
Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ), announced that West Basin bulk coal handling
terminal delivered 62,718 metric tonne a day of coal to Adani Power's plant
located adjacent to the port.
This large tranche of coal was delivered through a
high-speed 20 km long conveyor belt between the port and power plant running at
a speed of 6000 metric tonne per hour.
Besides Mundra, Adani Group is also developing port and terminals at Dahej,
Hazira, Mormugao and Visakhapatnam in India and Adani Abbot Point in Australia.
the diversified group has set target of handling 200 million tonne of cargo by
2020.
Mundra Port alone is expected to handle 40-45 million tonne of coal annually by
2013. Mundra Port is country's largest coal importing centre and caters to the
requirement of state electricity boards besides Adani Power and upcoming
Tata Power.
Source: The Economic Times
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