“Now we now have taken one mine in graphite. For lithium, we participated (in public sale), however we didn’t get it. So, we have an interest,” Coal India Chairman-cum-Managing Director PM Prasad mentioned on Sunday.
CIL has not too long ago secured a graphite block in Madhya Pradesh. It was the miner’s first-ever non-coal mineral mining enterprise. Graphite has its utility as anode materials in lithium-ion battery manufacturing as a result of its comparatively low price and power density.
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“We’ve owned the graphite block within the public sale. So, we will probably be growing it. We’ll go for exploration,” Prasad advised reporters on the sidelines of the “Mines Security Award 2024” occasion held right here.
Curiously, in its annual report for FY24, launched on Saturday, Coal India mentioned that going through the challenges of a quickly evolving world power panorama, it’s diversifying into the rising battery supplies sectors—lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite. Leveraging its mining experience, operational footprint, and monetary assets, the corporate goals to capitalize on these alternatives and set up itself within the battery supplies worth chain, providing new income streams and enhancing long-term resilience and competitiveness.
“Deep understanding of the Indian power and industrial panorama aids in increasing into markets for lithium-ion batteries, electrical autos, and renewable power applied sciences,” CIL mentioned within the annual report.
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Notably, the Directorate Normal of Mines Security (DGMS) has began discussions with captive and business coal block operators on mine security.
“We’re seeing extra captive and business mines coming into manufacturing yearly. So we’re having conversations and consultations with the mine operators in order that they perceive the foundations and laws that should be adopted for mine security,” Prabhat Kumar, Director Normal, DGMS, mentioned on the Mines Security Award 2024 occasion.
Coal India, in its annual report, mentioned it’s advancing as many as 119 coal initiatives with a sanctioned capability of 896 million tonnes per 12 months (MTY) and a sanctioned capital of round ₹1.33-lakh crore. “These initiatives are at numerous levels of implementation, as a part of our proactive strategy to rising our manufacturing capability and assembly future coal calls for,” the corporate mentioned, including it’s ramping up capital investments to realize 1 billion tonnes of coal manufacturing by FY26.
Coal India marginally fell in need of its annual manufacturing goal for the final fiscal, producing 773.6 million tonnes of coal towards the goal of 780 million tonnes. The coal main has set its manufacturing goal at 838 million tonnes for this fiscal.
Coal India marginally fell in need of its annual manufacturing goal for the final fiscal, producing 773.6 million tonnes of coal towards the goal of 780 million tonnes. The coal main has set its manufacturing goal at 838 million tonnes for this fiscal.
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