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South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) would beryllium tapping into coking coal, and has already assessed imaginable for 7.5 cardinal tonnes (MT) crossed varied regions successful Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, B.N. Jha, Area General Manager of Baikunthpur (Chhattisgarh) told reporters Monday (February 23, 2026).
“We person already affirmed the imaginable for coking ember successful the Kewai artifact (Madhya Pradesh),” helium stated, adding, “Further, successful the Baikunthpur [Chhattisgarh] country itself, we person affirmed the imaginable successful Labji Pusla excavation and Katkona mine.”
According to Mr. Jha, the artifact successful Madhya Pradesh houses imaginable for 3 MT of coking coal, whilst the Labji Pusla excavation 3 MT and Katkona 1.5 MT. The General Manager added they are expected to beryllium operational by 2029-30.
The latest improvement would connote the Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)-headquartered miner’s descent into the coking ember abstraction which is predominantly dominated by Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL).
For context, astatine present, India imports astir 95% of its coking ember requirements of the alloy sector. Further, according to govt estimates, India possesses an estimated 37.37 cardinal tonnes of coking ember resources, mostly concentrated successful Jharkhand, with further reserves successful Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.
(The newsman is successful Bilaspur astatine the invitation of the Ministry of Coal).
