Raipur: The Union coal ministry has said that Coal India Limited’s 40 coal blocks in and around the Lemru Elephant Corridor will not be auctioned on the request of the Chhattisgarh government. Nine coal mines falling in dense Hasdeo-Arand coalfields have also been kept out for further rounds of auctions of coal blocks,” a Coal ministry statement said on Thursday. …
Jharkhand is likely to get revenues of around Rs 18,889 crore from the 742 million tonnes of coal expected to be mined out by CIL in the state over the next four years, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday. "Coal companies - CCL, BCCL and ECL are expected to mine out 742 million tonne of coal in the next …
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