Capative Coal Blocks for Private Sector

For allocation of area containing coal through auction by competitive bidding for specified end use under the provisions of Rule-3 of the ‘Auction by Competitive Bidding of Coal Mine Rules, 2012’, from the companies engaged in the business of specified end uses, a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) offering 3 coal blocks (for Steel, Sponge Iron & Cement) was issued on 26.02.2014 and 2 bids were received by Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd. upto the bid due date (25.06.2014) for Andal Babuisol coal block for Sponge Iron.  This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.  Details of the coal blocks offered in NIA are given below:-

S. No.	Name of the Coal Block	Name of the Coalfield	Permitted end-use	Reserves (in MT)
1	Jhirki & Jhirki (West)	East Bokaro coalfield, Jharkhand	Steel (Blast furnace)	267.91
2	Andal Babuisol	Raniganj coalfield, West Bengal	Sponge Iron (DRI)	103.841
3	Tokisud-II	South Karanpura coalfield, Jharkhand	Cement	127.692