Indian state-run miner Coal India Limited (CIL) will construct nine washeries for coking coal with an aggregate capacity of 28.1 million mt per year by 2020, a company official said on Friday, September 28.
The official said that two of the nine washeries constructed by Bharat Coking Coal Company Limited (BCCL), a wholly-owned operational subsidiary of CIL, are nearing completion and will be inaugurated soon.
The remaining seven washeries will be constructed by various other operational subsidiaries of CIL and commissioned by 2020, the official added.
CIL currently operates 15 washeries across India, of which 11 are for coking coal and the rest for non-coking coal, with an aggregate washing capacity of 36.8 million mt per year.