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Day – 1 & Day-2 of Commercial Coal Mine Auction

Ten Coal Mines of Five States Successfully Auctioned

Total Coal Reserves Estimated At 3445.76 Million Ton

Posted On: 14 SEP 2022 8:01PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Coal had launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining under second attempt of 4th Tranche of CMSP Act & MMDR Act and 5th Tranche of CMSP Act & MMDR Act on March 30, 2022. On the 1st and 2nd day of the e-auction, cumulative 10 coal mines were put up for auction of which 5 coal mines were CMSP coal mines and 5 coal mines were MMDR coal mines. The details of the coal mines are as under: -

  • Seven coal mines are fully explored coal mines and 3 coal mines are partially explored coal mines
  • The total geological reserves for these 10 coal mines are 3,445.76 Million Tonnes.
  • Cumulative Peak Rate Capacity (PRC) for these coal mines is around 39.31 MTPA.

The results for Day 1 and Day 2 are as under:

S. No.

Name of the Mine

State

PRC (mtpa)

Geological Reserves (MT)

Closing Bid Submitted by

Reserve Price (%)

Final Offer (%)

1

Sursa

Chhattisgarh

NA

72.55

Madhya Bharat Minerals Private Limited/333702

4.00

5.50

2

Dahegaon/Makardhokra-IV

Maharashtra

1.61

121.00

Avassa Ferro Alloys Private Limited/332977

4.00

5.50

3

Basantpur

Jharkhand

NA

200.00

Gangaramchak Mining Private Limited/148095

4.00

5.00

4

Bandha North

Madhya Pradesh

NA

500.00

Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited/64702

4.00

15.75

5

Marki Mangli-IV

Maharashtra

0.20

3.42

Sobhagya Mercantile Limited/321854

4.00

6.00

6

Jitpur

Jharkhand

2.50

81.10

Terri Mining Private Limited/327195

4.00

7.00

7-8

Rampia & Dip Side of Rampia

Odisha

15.00

1179.41

Jhar Mineral Resources Private Limited/231029

4.50

9.50

9-10

Ghogharpalli & Its Dip Extension

Odisha

20.00

1,288.28

Vedanta Limited/68522

4.00

23.00

 

Under the commercial coal mining auction process a total of 57 coal mines, including the above 10 coal mines auctioned in Second Attempt of Tranche-4 and Tranche-5, have been successfully auctioned till date with a total cumulative PRC of 140.75 MTPA.  

With operationalization of these mines private sector will have a significant share in domestic coal production and dependency on imported coal will reduce. The commercial auctions will generate a huge revenue to the government treasury and will help in the social development of population surrounding the coal bearing areas.

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