About 500 Mtpy is the production of non-coking coal at present. Thanks to MOEF (2002) ruling of compulsion in reducing the average Ash content of Coal to 34% for Power houses situated at a distance of more than 1000km from the dispatch end, and also for Thermal PP located in strategic areas, like cities and environmentally sensitive areas, the setting up of non-coking coal washeries has created no less than a “Clean Coal Revolution” in India.
Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for most of the non-coking coal reach coalfields in the installation of Coal Washeries has crossed all time record by a significant extent. We know that if CAGR for any industry is consistently more than 12%, the growth becomes Auto Catalytic. That means, the industry becomes self sufficient in creating further investment without external assistance.
I am honoured to mention that Singrauli and Singereni Coalfields have shown a CAGR of 25.7 to 29.4 % in last one year, where as Pench Kahnan & Wardha and Korba & Sohagpur registered CAGR of 33.4 and 43.4% respectively during last 8 to 10 years. Even Ranigunge Coalfield, which has not been industrially fast developing in other fields, showed CAGR of 35.7% during last 3 years. Talcher and Mahanadi Coalfields, with all round infrastructural developed industrial scenarios, recorded CAGR of more than 54.8% during last 9 years. Overall Indian CAGR for Power Coal Washery capacity build up is more than 34.3% for the last decade.
This is remarkable and we hope to further strengthen by installation of a series of 16 washeries (capacity 85 Mtpy of raw non-coking coal) envisaged by Coal India Ltd under BOMO contract.
Following Power Point slides nos 1 to 9 present the detailed information viz CAGR for non-coking Coal Production and Washing Capacity Build up of major coalfields of India.