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Planning of Pit head power plants
Coal India, SCCL (Singareni Collieries Com-
pany) and captive miners are suggested to
have pit head plants which will substantially
reduce power consumption cost.

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Clean coal technologies
Modern practices like UCG (Underground coal
gasification), CTL (Coal to Liquid) and CBM (Coal
Bed Methane) will help in reducing dependence
on import for crude oil & natural gas. This will
also reduce carbon footprint.

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Coal off-take and logistics
Sourcing coal from nearest coal mines will
help in reducing transportation cost.

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Competition in Coal mining
Commercial mining is expected to bring process
optimisation and inculcation of modern practic-
es leading to reducing cost of mining.

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Coal Washing
Will reduce ash content in coal, improve plant
thermal efficiency and reduce emissions.

Mock-up of a coal mine, Ranchi Science
Centre, Jharkhand, India

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