CCEA may soon decide on mines allocation for commercial mining

The government plans to put under the hammer 5-6 coal blocks for commercial mining by private players.

November 18, 2017 12:16 pm | Updated 12:17 pm IST - New Delhi

 Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) may soon take a call on the methodology for allocation of coal mines for commercial mining, an official source said.

The government plans to put under the hammer 5-6 coal blocks for commercial mining by private players.

Coal Minister Piyush Goyal had earlier said that enabling provisions have been made in the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 for allocation of coal mines by way of auction and allotment for the sale of coal.

Commercial mines are alloted without specifying the end use and private entities are allowed to sell the fuel to buyers across sectors such as power, cement and steel.

India is in the process of throwing open commercial coal mining to private firms for the first time in four decades, with the aim of shifting the world’s third-biggest coal importer towards energy self-sufficiency.

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