The Union Ministry of Coal on Monday de-allocated coal block of the Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl) leading to a huge setback for the company’s ambitious coal-to-liquid (CTl) project here.
The Ramachandi coal block in Talcher in the command area of the Mahanandi Coalfields limited had been allocated for JSPl’s proposed CTl unit for captive mining in February, 2009 with certain conditions.
Jindal Synfuels limited (JSFl), a subsidiary JSPl, proposed to launch the CTl project with a capacity of producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day from coal at the Durgapur plant in Angul district.
The company also proposes to set up a 1,100-MW captive power plant based on coal washery rejects and a 50 MTPA coal washery.The Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG), which has been formed to review the progress of coal blocks, recommended de-allocation of the Ramachandi block.
Similarly, the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) also de-allocated Srirampur block at north of Arkhapal allocated for CTl project of Strategic Energy Technology Systems Private limited (SETSl), a joint venture between a consortium of Tata companies and Sasol of South Africa.