State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Thursday said it plans to restore production from its discontinued underground mines and has identified 12 such blocks with provisional mineable reserves of around 1,060 million tonnes.
The move is seen as part of efforts by the PSU coal major to meet its overall production target of one billion tonnes in the next four years.
“Plans are on the anvil by Coal India to retrieve production from its discontinued underground mines. The company has so far identified 12 such mines,” the PSU said in a statement.
Of the said blocks, eight belong to Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) and the remaining four fall under Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), spread over the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand.
