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Five Coal Mines put up for Auction on Day One of 10th Round of Commercial Coal Mine Auction

Five Coal Mines put up for Auction on Day One of 10th Round of Commercial Coal Mine Auction

Ministry of Coal had launched the auction of coal mines for commercial mining under 10th round on June 21, 2024. After evaluation of bids, forward e-auctions for nine mines commenced from 21.11.2024.

On the First day, 5 coal mines were put up for auction. One of the five coal mine is fully explored coal mine while 4 coal mines are partially explored coal mines. The total geological reserves for these 5 coal mines are 2,630.77 Million Tonnes. Cumulative Peak Rated Capacity (PRC) for these coal mines is 12.00 MTPA.

The results for Day 1 are as under:

S. No.

Name of the Mine

State

PRC (mtpa)

Geological Reserves (MT)

Closing Bid Submitted by

Reserve Price (%)

Final Offer (%)

1

Marwatola South

Madhya Pradesh

NA

126.300

Mineware Advisors Private Limited

4.00

22.25

2

New Patrapara South

Odisha

12.00

720.870

NLC India Limited

4.00

5.50

3

Sarai East (South)

Madhya Pradesh

NA

128.600

ACC Limited

4.00

5.50

4

Gawa (East)

Jharkhand

NA

55.000

Shreeji Nuravi Coal Mining and Trading Private Limited

4.00

7.00

5

Bartap(Revised)

Odisha

NA

1600.00

JSW Energy Utkal Limited

4.00

8.50

 

These coal mines upon operationalization will generate Annual Revenue of ~Rs. 1106.91 crores calculated at PRC of these coal mines (excluding Partially Explored coal mines). These mines will attract capital investment of ~Rs. 1800.00 crores and will provide employment to ~ 16,224 people.

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