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BCCL restarts long-shut coking coal mine under private partnership model
The Pootkee Balihari (PB) project has been awarded to Eagle Infra India Ltd for 25 years. It is expected to produce 52 million tonnes of coking coal — an essential input for the steel and infrastructure sectors — at a peak rated capacity of 2.7 million tonnes per year, the Ministry of Coal said in a statement.
The project will bring advanced mining technologies and is expected to boost local employment and regional economic development.
The mine was virtually inaugurated by Coal India Chairman P.M. Prasad, who called the revival a 'pioneering step' in transforming old assets into productive ventures.
The PB project is among the early outputs of Mission Coking Coal, a government initiative to increase the domestic supply of the fuel critical to the infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.
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