Coal India to operationalise 14 mines to augment output

A letter of acceptance has been issued to six successful bidders for these MDO projects, having a total capacity of 96.74 million tonne per annum. Tenders for seven more projects (five opencast and two underground) with a combined capacity of 58.84 million tonne per annum have been floated. Coal India has set a target of 700 million tonne production in the 2022-23 fiscal and proposed a capital expenditure of ₹16,500 crore.