Govt allocates 3 more coal blocks for commercial mining activities
The government on Tuesday allocated three more coal mines under commercial mining to the successful bidders.
With this, allocation orders have been issued for 48 coal mines so far having a cumulative peak rated capacity 89 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) under commercial mining.
Representatives of successful bidder received allocation orders from Additional Secretary (Coal) M Nagaraju who stressed on participation of private sector for contributing towards energy security, the coal ministry said in a statement.
The cumulative production capacity of the three blocks mines is 3.7 MTPA and its geological reserves is 156.57 MT.
