India’s second tender to commercially mine and sell coal has received 34 bids for 19 coal mines, including 15 non-coking coal mines, while a total of 67 fully and partially explored blocks were put for auction. The offered blocks are spread across 6 states – Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. In October 2020, the country’s first-ever tender to commercially mine and sell coal has received 82 bids from 46 companies for 23 coal mines, while a total of 38 coal mines were put for auction. The remaining 15 mines did not receive any bid. 19 mines with a combined production capacity of 51 Mt/year were awarded in November 2020. Almost 65% of the bidders were from "non-end users", i.e. not active in coal mining or coal-fired power generation. According to preliminary statistics from the Indian Ministry of Coal, India’s production of non-coking coal and lignite declined by 1.7% in the fiscal year 2020-21 to 708 Mt, including 671 Mt of non-coking coal (-1%) and 37 Mt of lignite (-12%).
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