3 Coal Mines Including 1 In Odisha Auctioned On Day-2 Of 7th Round

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Coal launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining under the 7th round and the second attempt of the 6th round on March 29, this year.

After the evaluation of bids, forward e-auctions for six mines were commenced on August 1, according to an official press release.

On the second day today, three coal mines, including one in Odisha, were put up for auction of which one mine was CMSP coal mine and two mines were MMDR coal mines. The details of the coal mines are as under: –

• One mine is fully explored and the other two are partially explored mines.
• The total geological reserves for three  coal mines come to  1,499.40 Million Tonnes (MT)
• The cumulative peak rate capacity PRC for these coal mines is 4.00 MTPA.

The results for Day two are as under :

Upon operationalisation, these coal mines will generate Annual Revenue of ~Rs. 450 crores calculated at PRC of these coal mines (excluding Partially Explored coal mines). These mines will attract capital investment of ~Rs. 600 crores and will provide employment to ~5,408 people.