The CSIR-CIMFR has transferred Soft Coke Making Technology to five MSME Companies of Jharkhand and Bihar after signing MoU with them..
The said technology was transferred on January 3 /2023 to five more firms, namely Ekram Soft Coke Industries, Dhanbad, Sony Infrastructure, Bhopal, Sony Trading Co. Dhanbad, S. R. S. Coke Industries, Bihar, Prakash Associates, Dhanbad,according to an institute press note.
The agreements were signed in presence of Prof. Arvind Kumar Mishra, Director, CIMFR, Dr. R. V. K. Singh, Er. Amar Nath, Dr. Manish Kumar, Mr. G. K. Bayen from the CIMFR side. The representatives of the above five firms were also present during the program.
In 1995-96, Coal Carbonization Division of CSIR-CIMFR, erstwhile CFRI developed the technology for making SOFT COKE for domestic usage.
The technology has gained wide popularity. From 2020 onwards the technology has been transferred to eleven firms throughout India. The firms are producing and marketing the product based on CSIR-CIMFR technology.
The soft coke produced partially replaces the coking coal requirement and thus will help in reducing coking coal imports.