Coal India Ltd.

Coal India has identified 14 additional projects involving capital expenditure of more than Rs 3,400 crore under the 'first mile connectivity' initiative to upgrade transport facility at mines. Of the 14 projects in the phase II, Central Coalfields (CCL) accounts for five with 62.5 million tonnes per annum capacity. Mahanadi Coalfields with a solitary project has 20 million tonnes per annum capacity. Eastern Coalfields has seven projects and South Eastern Coalfields has one project with a capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum and four million tonnes per annum, respectively.

Tenders for these different projects will be floated beginning August this year till next two years. The company aims to replace the existing road transport between pitheads and despatch points and switch over to a seamless mechanised coal transport through conveyor belts which is a covered system for movement of coal reducing the dust pollution.

Coal India is the world’s largest coal mining company. It also produces non-coking coal and coking coal of various grades for diverse applications.