Coal Ministry has allocated to the NMDC two coal blocks-- the Rohne and Tokisud North-- under Section 5(1) of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act 2015 for commercial mining.
Both these blocks are located at Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.
The Rohne coal block has extractable reserves of 191 million tonnes and planned production capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum, according to a NMDC press release.
The Tokisud North coal block has extractable reserves of about 52 million tonnes of thermal coal and planned production capacity of 2.32 million tonnes per annum, the NMDC said.
Both the blocks are located at aerial distance of about 10-15 kms. Rohne coal block has coking coal which may require washing of coal for feeding into steel plant and hence the NMDC is exploring the possibility for setting up of coal washeries.
The NMDC is going to execute allotment agreement of Tokisud North coal block on December 24. The Rohne coal block allotment agreement would be executed as per the directives from the Coal Ministry with respective execution date.
Both the coal blocks have been allocated to the NMDC based on the diligent efforts of the NMDC’s Coal Division. This coal division has been setup at Hyderabad exclusively for coal assets in India to provide linkage to steel and power sector.
