Coal India's Magadh mine may produce 51 mtpa by 2020
"The production from Magadh mine in Chatra district of Jharkhand may be around 51 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2019-20," a Coal Ministry official said. The Magadh open cast mine of Central Coalfields (CCL), a Coal India subsidiary, located in Chatra district of Jharkhand was inaugurated in May.
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Coal India 's Magadh mine in Jharkhand, which started production last month, could well become Asia's biggest by 2019-20, with the output from the block pegged at around 51 million tonnes per annum (mtpa).
"The production from Magadh mine in Chatra district of Jharkhand may be around 51 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2019-20," a Coal Ministry official said. The Magadh open cast mine of Central Coalfields (CCL), a Coal India subsidiary, located in Chatra district of Jharkhand was inaugurated in May.
"The production from Magadh mine in Chatra district of Jharkhand may be around 51 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2019-20," a Coal Ministry official said. The Magadh open cast mine of Central Coalfields (CCL), a Coal India subsidiary, located in Chatra district of Jharkhand was inaugurated in May.
The official put the likely production from the mine in the current fiscal at around 2 million tonnes (mt). The coal produced from the mine will be used to power plants like NTPC 's North Karanpura project. The government has set one billion tonne production goal for Coal India (CIL) by 2020.
Western Coalfields, another subsidiary of CIL, will be opening one new mine every month for the next two years. CIL, which accounts for over 80 percent of domestic coal production, recorded an output of 37.17 million tonnes in September, missing the target by 4.1 percent.
The coal PSU had also missed the production target for 2014-15 by 3 percent, clocking an output of 494.23 million tonnes.
The coal PSU had also missed the production target for 2014-15 by 3 percent, clocking an output of 494.23 million tonnes.
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