INVENTORY OF GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF COAL IN INDIA As a result of exploration carried out up to the maximum depth of 1200m by the GSI,

CMPDI, SCCL and MECL etc, a cumulative total of 285862.21 Million Tonnes of Geological Resources of Coal have so far been estimated in the country as on 1.4.2011. The details of state-wise geological resources of coal are given as under: (A) : GONDWANA COALFIELDS :(in Million Tonnes)

State Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Orissa Sikkim Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Total Proved 9296.85 0 0 12878.99 39760.73 8871.31 5489.61 24491.71 0 866.05 11752.54 113407.79

Geological Resources of Coal Indicated Inferred 9728.37 3029.36 2.79 0 0 160 32390.38 4010.88 32591.56 6583.69 12191.72 2062.70 3094.29 1949.51 33986.96 10680.21 58.25 42.98 195.75 0 13131.69 5070.69 137371.76 33590.02

Total 22054.58 2.79 160 49280.25 78935.98 23125.73 10533.41 69158.88 101.23 1061.80 29954.92 284369.57

(B) : TERTIARY COALFIELDS :(in Million Tonnes)

State Proved Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Nagaland Total 31.23 464.78 89.04 8.76 593.81

Geological Resources of Coal Indicated Inferred Inferred

Total 90.23 510.52 576.48 315.41 1492.64

40.11 42.72 16.51 0 99.34

12.89 0.50 27.58 8.60 49.57

6.00 2.52 443.35 298.05 749.92

(Source: Geological Survey of India)

CATEGORIZATION OF RESOURCES :The coal resources of India are available in older Gondwana Formations of peninsular India and younger Tertiary formations of north-eastern region. Based on the results of Regional/ Promotional Exploration, where the boreholes are normally placed 1-2 Km apart, the resources are classified into Indicated or Inferred category. Subsequent Detailed Exploration in selected blocks, where boreholes are less than 400 meter apart, upgrades the resources into more reliable Proved category. The Formation-wise and Category-wise coal resources of India as on 1.4.2010 are given in table below:
(in Million Tonnes)

Formation Gondwana Coals Tertiary Coals Total

Proved 113407.79 593.81 114001.60

Indicated 137371.76 99.34 137471.10

Inferred 33590.02 799.49* 34389.51

Total 284369.57 1492.64 285862.21

* Includes 749.92 M.T. of Inferred resources established through mapping in NorthEastern region.

TYPE AND CATEGORY-WISE COAL RESOURCES OF INDIA :The Type and Category-wise coal resources of India as on 1.4.2011 are given in table below :(in Million Tonnes)

Type of Coal (A) Coking :-Prime Coking -Medium Coking -Semi-Coking Sub-Total Coking (B) Non-Coking:(C) Tertiary Coal Grand Total

Proved 4614.35 12572.52 482.16 17669.03 95738.76 593.81 114001.60

Indicated 698.71 12001.32 1003.29 13703.32 12368.44 99.34 137471.10

Inferred 0 1880.23 221.68 2101.91 31488.11 799.49* 34389.51

Total 5313.06 26454.07 1707.13 33474.26 250895.31 1492.64 285862.21

* Includes 749.92 M.T. of Inferred resources established through mapping in NorthEastern region.

Status of Coal Resources in India during Last Five Years: As a result of Regional, Promotional and Detailed Exploration by GSI, CMPDI and SCCL etc, the estimation of coal resources of India has reached to 267.21 Bt. The estimates of coal resources in the country during last 5 years are given below:
(in Million Tonnes)

As on 1.1.2006 1.4.2007 1.4.2008 1.4.2009 Proved 95866 99060 101829 105820

Geological Resources of Coal Indicated Inferred 119769 37666 120177 38144 124216 38490 123470 37920

Total 253301 257381 264535 267210

1.4.2010

109798

130654

36358

276810

COAL WASHERIES :Coal India Ltd. (CIL) is heading in a big way for Coal Beneficiation of all types of coals. The present installed capacity of washery for thermal coal of about 110 Mt per annum is envisaged to reach about 250 Mt per annum in the next five years time. To meet the demand supply gap of washed coal, guidelines for setting up of coal washeries on Public Sector Coal Companys land have been issued by Ministry of Coal in September05. Accordingly, subsidiary coal companies of CIL are extending necessary assistance to facilitate setting up coal washeries by the linked consumers or by the prospective private washery operators/ investors on behalf of the linked consumers. At present the total capacity of non-coking coal washeries in operation in the country is about 109.67 Mt/annum, out of which about 90.95 Mt/annum is in private sector and 18.72 Mt/annum is with CIL. Some more non-coking coal washeries in the private sector are under construction. A location-wise list of existing washeries of CIL is given below :Name of Washery/Location Dudga-ii Bhojudih Patherdih Sudamdih Moonidih Mahuda BCCL Kathara Swang Rajrappa Kedla CCL Nandan WCL CIL NON-COKING COAL WASHERIES : Dugda-i Madhuban BCCL Gidi Piparwar Kargali CCL Bina NCL CIL Year of comm. 1969 1962 1964 1980 1983 1989 1970 1970 1986 1997 1984 Capacity ( MTY) 2.00 1.70 1.60 1.60 1.60 0.63 9.13 3.00 0.75 3.00 2.60 9.35 1.20 1.20 19.68

1961/1999 1999/2003 1970/1998 1997 1958/1999 1999

1.00 2.50 3.50 2.50 6.50 2.72 11.72 4.50 4.50 19.72

PROPOSED WASHERIES OF CIL :Coal India Limited has planned to set up 20 nos. of coal washeries (Coking and Non-Coking) having total capacity of 111.1 Mt of raw coal throughput in the first phase by 2011-12. Out of the total capacity mentioned above, 105.1 Mt capacity of washery will come up under "Build, Operate & Maintain (BOM)" concept whereas 6.0 Mt capacity of washery will come up on turnkey basis with a view to supply washed metallurgical and washed thermal coal to steel sector and power stations other than those located at pit head. CIL would provide capital for construction of these washeries. Details of subsidiary wise, number of washeries to be set up & their capacities are listed below: S.No. Subsidiary Washery 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. ECL ECL BCCL BCCL BCCL BCCL BCCL BCCL CCL CCL CCL CCL CCL SECL SECL MCL MCL MCL MCL WCL Chitra Sonpurbazari Madhuband Patherdih Patherdih Bhojudih Dugda Dahibari Ashoka New Piparwar Karo Konar Dhori Kusmunda Baroud Basundhara Jagannath Hingula IB Valley Kolarpimpri TOTAL Capacity (Mty) 2.5 8.0 5.0 5.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 1.6 10.0 3.5 2.5 3.5 2.5 10.0 5.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 5.0 111.1 Type Non-coking Non-coking Coking Coking Coking Non-coking Coking Non-Coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Non-coking Scheme BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM TURNKEY BOM BOM TURNKEY BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM

Global tenders for construction of seven washeries have been floated and tenders of all seven washeries have been opened. Evaluation of offers of four washeries has been completed. LOA for Madhuband washery has been issued to HEC by BCCL on 23.06.2010. Proposal of Patherdih washery has been approved by both BCCL and CIL Board and the Lowest Bidder (L1) has been informed accordingly. Proposal of Ashoka washery has been approved by CCL Board on 03.04.2011 and the Lowest Bidder (L1) has been informed accordingly. MCL has decided to re-tender Basundhara whereas evaluation of RFP (Request for Proposal) is in progress for Jagannath washery. Short listing for Common Centralized RFQ (Request for Qualification) document for (11 nos.) washeries has been completed and communicated to the respective bidders by CIL. Revised RFP (Request for Proposal) document has been approved by CIL on 02.04.2011 and circulated amongst subsidiary companies.

Tender documents for Basundhara washery, MCL (10.0 Mty) and Kusmunda washery, SECL (10.0 Mty) have been submitted to the respective subsidiary companies for tendering of the same. Further, it has been decided that all new opencast projects of 2.5 Mt and above capacity, which are not linked to pithead power stations should be designed with integrated washery. Two dry deshaling plants based on Radiometric dry deshaling and All-mineral All-air Jig technology are also under implementation by CMPDI under CIL R&D grant.