Coal Auction: Govt Gets 130 Technical Bids For 21 Mines

By siliconindia | Monday, 16 February 2015, 11:47 Hrs

The schedule III mines are Brinda and Sisai mines in Jharkhand, Durgapur and Taraimar coal blocks Chhattisgarh, Jamkhani mine in Odisha, Lohari mine in Jharkhand, Marki Mangli-IV mine in Maharashtra, Nerad Malegaon mine in Maharastra, Dongrital II (Phase I) mine in MP and Ganeshpur Block in Jharkhand.

Other mines in the category are Jitpur mine in Jharkhand, Mandakini-A mine in Odisha, Meral coal mine in Jharkhand, Rohne Coal Block in Jharkhand, Utkal C in Odisha, Dumri Block in Jharkhand, Gare Palma IV/8 in Chhattisgarh, Kosara Dongargaon in Maharashtra, Mandla South in Madhya Pradesh, Moitra mine in Jharkhand and Tara Mine in Chhattisgarh.

The auction of the first lot of 19 producing coal blocks are already underway. GMR and Reliance Cement yesterday bagged
one mine each for an estimated Rs 1,375 crore and Rs 798 crore respectively.

The coal blocks are for power sector and iron and steel, cement and CPP.
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Source: PTI