Indian state-run steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is aiming to commence production from its captive Tasra coking coal block within the next two to three years, company sources said on Wednesday, June 21.
They said that SAIL was finalizing the appointment of a mine, developer operator (MDO) for the Tasra coking coal blocks, in the eastern state of Jharkhand, which have the capacity to produce 1.7 million mt per year.
SAIL has needed to import an estimated 85 percent of its coking coal from mines in Mozambique, Australia and the US, while the balance is sourced from Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), the wholly-owned operational subsidiary of government-run Coal India Limited (CIL).