Govt preparing ‘coking coal mission’ to diversify raw material sources: Steel minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The government is preparing a ‘coking coal mission’ to diversify the sources of key steel making raw material, for which the country is heavily dependent on imports, according to Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The mission is part of the government’s efforts to reduce dependence on imports for coking coal and increase use of locally available coal in the steel making through gasification process, the steel minister told PTI in an interview.