KEY INDIAN COKING COAL SUPPLIER TO BOOST PRODUCTION TEN-FOLD BY 2017
November 3rd, 2013
Bharat Coking Coal Limited, India’s main supplier of coking coal to the country’s steel industry, has announced plans to increase production 10-fold, reducing the country’s dependence on expensive imports.“By 2017, we will be able to provide 11 to 15 million tonnes of washed coal annually,” Ashoke Sarkar, Bharat's technical director told Steel First.Presently, the company supplies 1.5 million tonnes every year of washed coal to India's steel industry. With 66 mines in Jharia and Raniganj coal fields, in the eastern states of Jharkhand and West Bengal ...
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