New Delhi, Feb.12. The Ministry of Coal has successfully auctioned off ten coal mines of five states in the latest effort. The combined coal reserves of the auctioned mines are estimated to be 1716.21 million ton. Forty two mines have been auctioned so far under commercial coal mine auctioning
The Ministry of Coal had launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining under 13 tranche of CMSP Act and the third tranche of MMDR Act on October 12, 2021. During the e-auction, cumulatively 10 coal mines were put up for auction of which six coal mines were CMSP coal mines and the remaining four were MMDR coal mines.
Details of all the coal mines are as under:-Nine coal mines are fully explored and one mine is partially explored The total geological reserves for these mines are 1,716.211 million tonnes..The cumulative PRC for these coal mines is 22.014 MTPA. The mines auctioned are Namchik Namphuk in Arunachal Pradesh, Koilajan and Garampani in Assam, Brinda & Sasai in Jharkhand, Majra in Maharashtra, Bankhui, Bijahan, Meenakshi and Utkal C in Odisha.
