Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, said on Sunday it plans to ramp up its capacity by 10-12 million tonnes per annum this year by bringing two new coal mines into production.
This move will cement CCL’s aim to cross 110 million tonnes production in the current fiscal year, and 150 million tonnes by 2030.
“We have planned to open two new mines this year,” CCL chairman and managing director (CMD), Nilendu Kumar Singh, announced here.
One of the two new mines is slated to see production begin by October. The Kotre Basantpur block (coking coal mine) will have a peak-rated capacity of 5 million tonnes (MT), said the company. In the case of Chandragupt open cast project (non-coking coal) with a capacity of 15 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), the production is expected to start by March 2026.
In the financial year of 2025, the company produced 87.5 million tonnes of coal – the highest ever in the history of CCL.
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However, to achieve its target of 150 million tonnes by 2030, the CMD said CCL needs to begin the preparation from now. One of the steps involved in the preparation would be increasing the capacity of existing mines and expediting the pace of bringing the new mines into production to achieve the 150 MT target.
Currently, CCL operates 35 open-cast mines and three underground mines in 14 command areas across eight districts of Jharkhand.
Singh further said that the company also plans to come up with four new washeries with a combined capacity of around 14 million tonnes in another two to three years – up from its current five coal washeries under production (four coking coal and one non-coking coal).
A coal washery cleans raw coal by removing impurities like ash, rocks, and other unwanted materials, thereby improving its quality for various applications, particularly for use in power plants and steel mills.
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