Coal India ties up with ICFRE and NERI: Report

18 Dec 2015 Evaluate

In order to achieve a production target of a billion tonnes by 2020, Coal India (CIL), the world’s largest coal miner by output, has reportedly tied up with Indian Council of Forest Research and Education (ICFRE) as well as National Energy Research Institute (NERI) to find ways and means of producing coal through measures that would be beyond the mandatory environment norms. Further, the company is committed to set up at least 1,000 MW of solar power generation plants in various states to compensate for greenhouse effects.

Coal India is an Indian state-controlled coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. With a modest production of 79 Million Tonnes (MTs) at the year of its inception CIL is the single largest coal producer in the world. Operating through 81 mining areas CIL is an apex body with 7 wholly owned coal producing subsidiaries and 1 mine planning and Consultancy Company spread over 8 provincial states of India.

 

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