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

• Both the coal mines are fully explored 
• The total geological reserves for the coal mines are 1288.28 Million Tonnes.
• Peak Rae Capacity (PRC) for the coal mines is 20.00 million ton per annum.

The results for 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 (%)
1-2	Ghogharpalli & Its Dip Extension	Odisha	20.00	1,288.28	Vedanta Limited/68522	4.00	23.00

 

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