Coal mine auction: NTPC, NLC bag mining blocks
The Ministry of Coal conducted an auction for 6 mines under the 7th tranche. In the auction, state-owned NLC India and NTPC along with 3 private players have bagged coal blocks.
LC bagged North Dhadu (Western Part) coal block in Jharkhand with 434 million tonnes of coal reserves, NTPC won the North Dhadu (Eastern Part) coal block, which has 439 million tonnes (MT) of coal reserves.
Among private players, Hindalco Industries bagged the Meenakshi West block in Odisha, which has 950 MT of coal reserves. Bajrang Power and Ispat Ltd won the Pathora East and Pathora West coal blocks in Madhya Pradesh with 110.40 MT and 81.69 MT of coal reserves, respectively.
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