CIL’s coal quality jumps to 69%; sees improvement of 18% YoY: Coal Ministry

Different officials & agencies are entrusted with the job of ensuring the supply of coal in conformity with the declared quality

PGurus Newsdesk

December 27, 2022

Different officials & agencies are entrusted with the job of ensuring the supply of coal in conformity with the declared quality

With an 18% improvement, coal quality goes up substantially

On Tuesday the Coal Ministry said that there has been a substantial improvement in conformity to the declared grade of coal supply from Coal India Ltd (CIL) sources, with the figure jumping to 69 percent in 2022-23 (till November) as against 51 percent in 2017-18.

The primary reason for grade variation is the inherent heterogeneous nature of Indian coal itself, or that the calorific value of coal extracted within the same seam at different points tends to vary.

The Ministry said that it has taken various steps for improvement in quality including periodic re-gradation of coal mines, the introduction of improved mining techniques like surface miners, supply of washed coal, first-mile connectivity for direct conveying of coal on the belt from coal surface/ face to rapid loading silo, installation of auto analyzers, and more.

Different officials and agencies are entrusted with the job of ensuring the supply of coal in conformity with the declared quality, it said. The Coal Controller Organization (CCO), a subordinate office under the Ministry, regularly assesses and declares coal mines grades.

For enhanced customer satisfaction, special emphasis has been given to the quality management of coal from the mine to the dispatch point. Now, all the consumers of CIL have the option for quality assessment of the supplies through independent third-party sampling agencies.

App UTTAM (Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal) is available for consumers/ general public to view the third-party validation of coal supply, the ministry said.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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