7 4th EU - South Africa Coal Clean Coal Working Group Meeting 2012-11-05 Power plants of BU Lignite Mining Generation power plant Jänschwalde capacity: 6 * 500 MW initial start-up: 1981-1989 efficiency: 36 % power plant Boxberg blocks N/P capacity: 2 * 500 MW initial start-up: 1979/1980 efficiency: 36 % power plant Schwarze Pumpe
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Between 2000 and 2019, South Africa production of lignite coal remained stable at around 0 thousand short tons. Lignite is the lowest rank of coal, often referred to as brown coal, used almost exclusively as fuel for steam-electric power generation. It is brownish-black and has a high inherent moisture content, sometimes as high as 45 percent The heat content of lignite ranges from 9 to 17 ...
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Most of South Africa's coal production is bituminous steam, with only 1.2% anthracite. Some 0,8% of the bituminous coal is converted, through beneficiation, to a coking coal product, some semi-soft, some straight. Only a few small and uneconomic deposits of lignite
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The Sasol Coal to Liquids Process The Sasol complex in Secunda, operated by Sasol Synfuels (Pty) Ltd is the world’s largest commercial Coal to Liquids (CTL) facility to date. Facility converts ~40 Mt of coal per annum into ~160 000 bbl/day of liquid fuels ~ 27% of South Africa’s total liquid fuels production
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In November, 19 blocks containing 3.15 Bt of coal resources and annual mining capacity of around 50 Mtpa were allocated to 15 companies, all of them from India. Of the successful bidders, there are coal producers in captive blocks, coal producers as MDOs, coal consumers and companies without previous coal mining experience.
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Aug 29, 2007 While steel and cement producers are importing it from South Africa also. Over 80 additional coal blocks, with reserves of about 20.02 billion tonnes, were identified by the ministry during 2006-07 for allocation to government/private companies for permissible end uses.
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Mar 15, 2021 Centre plans to permit sale of 50% coal from captive blocks; invites comments 21 Feb, 2021, 12.24 PM IST. The Centre plans to permit sale of 50 per cent of coal/lignite produced by captive blocks, a move aimed at augmenting the production and increasing the availability of dry fuel.
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In November, 19 blocks containing 3.15 Bt of coal resources and annual mining capacity of around 50 Mtpa were allocated to 15 companies, all of them from India. Of the successful bidders, there are coal producers in captive blocks, coal producers as MDOs, coal consumers and companies without previous coal
MoreAug 29, 2007 While steel and cement producers are importing it from South Africa also. Over 80 additional coal blocks, with reserves of about 20.02 billion tonnes, were identified by the ministry during 2006-07 for allocation to government/private companies for permissible end uses.
MoreMar 19, 2021 Centre plans to permit sale of 50% coal from captive blocks; invites comments 21 Feb, 2021, 12.24 PM IST. The Centre plans to permit sale of 50 per cent of coal/lignite produced by captive blocks, a move aimed at augmenting the production and increasing the availability of dry fuel.
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production coming from government-controlled mines. The policy for captive mining was introduced in 1993. This opened the coal sector to private investment, although no promising progress has been made in the captive coal blocks allotted by the government. Out of the 200 allocated blocks (22 have been de-allocated), only 30 mines have
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Mar 10, 2021 Centre plans to permit sale of 50% coal from captive blocks; invites comments 21 Feb, 2021, 12.24 PM IST. The Centre plans to permit sale of 50 per cent of coal/lignite produced by captive blocks, a move aimed at augmenting the production and increasing the availability of dry fuel.
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[Ref table :5.6] (E) Captive Coal Block In the year 2018-19, the total production of raw coal from captive coal blocks in India was 54.852 MT compared to 41.620 MT in 2017-18. In 2018-19, despacth of coal from captive coal blocks was 50.448 MT compared to 41.821 MT in 2017-18.
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Bharatbook announces a report on “Captive Coal Block Assessment Toolkit”. The Supreme Court has directed the Government of India to scrap all captive coal block allocations made since 1993. In observance of the same the Government of India (GOI) has come out an ordinance clearly outlining its position on competitive bidding of coal blocks and has marked coal blocks to be auctioned ...
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Feb 21, 2021 New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI) The Centre plans to permit sale of 50 per cent of coal/lignite produced by captive blocks, a move aimed at augmenting the production and
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Sep 01, 2003 Achievements in the coal and lignite sector. As discussed earlier, coal is yet to be opened beyond captive mining. However, 143 captive mining blocks (136 of Coal India Limited (CIL) and seven of Singareni Collieries Company limited (SCCL)) have been identified for captive mining.
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Apr 12, 2017 The coal production for the captive coal blocks shall commence within 36 months(in case of forest land, it is 42 months) for the allocation in OC mine and 48 months from the date of allocation in UG mine (54 months in case of area which fall under forest land) Any modification in the end use project and regarding the development in coal mine ...
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hand, non-coking coal, mostly imported from South Africa and Indonesia, is used in power sectors and cement sector also mainly on cost/ quality consideration. Captive Coal Block Thirteen new captive coal blocks have been allocated in the year 2009-10. Among these Steel Iron Sector has got maximum
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Oct 19, 2020 The coal blocks scam. In the early 1990s , the government decided to allocate such coal blocks to private companies that were not part of the production plan of PSUs Coal India Ltd and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL). Initially a list of 143 coal blocks
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May 05, 2011 India's federal government has decided to cancel the allocation of 14 coal blocks and one lignite block to end-user companies - including five coal blocks of state-run NTPC -
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Jul 04, 2013 Concerned over tardy progress in development of captive coal blocks by private and public firms, the Centre has asked the states to form a committee headed by
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4.2 Sasol II and Sasol III Early in 1980, South Africa's production of gaseous and liquid hydro- carbons from coal will triple with the startup of Sasol II, a $2.8 billion complex based on the same coal conversion and Fischer-Tropsch technology as Sasol I. Sasol I and II will produce enough gasoline to meet 30 to 40% of South Africa's needs, 25
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Feb 19, 2013 The companies which have applied for the coal blocks are NTPC, Neyveli Lignite Corporation and MOIL among others, the official said. ... mostly for captive power plants. ... South Africa
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Section VI: Captive Blocks 6.1 Summary of Allocation of Coal Lignite Blocks Till 31.03.2009 37 6.2 Yearwise and Sectorwise Allotment of Captive Coal Blocks as on 31.03.2009 38 6.3 Statewise and Sectorwise Allotment of Captive Coal Blocks as on 31.03.2009 39 6.4 Coal Production from Captive Blocks since 1997-98 performance in Xith Five Year ...
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coal from captive blocks. It has of-fered several coal blocks for captive use and there is an expectation that some of the blocks may generate sur-plus. By August 2009, over 200 coal blocks with geological reserves of over 40 billion tonnes had been al-located to various public and private sector companies. CIL has urged the ministry of
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Captive Coal and Lignite Blocks in India: The Road Ahead. Power Tariffs in India: 2013-14 ... and electricity distribution utilities in several states in India on integrating demand-side management and idle captive capacity in the commercial and industrial sectors to monetized and used as additional energyresources. ... south Africa, Laos PDR ...
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Dec 18, 2015 Eligibility for auction of coal and lignite blocks. The Bill clarifies that the companies need not possess any prior coal mining experience in India in order to participate in the auction of coal and lignite blocks. Further, the competitive bidding process for auction of coal and lignite blocks will not apply to mines considered for allotment to:
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Captive Mining Policy With over 90% of coal production coming from government controlled mines, the present institutional structure is a near government monopoly. Although the government has allocated over 200 coal blocks for development by private/public entities outside the government owned coal companies, the progress has not been promising.
MoreJul 04, 2013 Concerned over tardy progress in development of captive coal blocks by private and public firms, the Centre has asked the states to form a committee headed by
MoreNov 03, 2015 The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel revealed in 2013 that despite the country being in an acute coal shortage, just 30 of the 195 captive coal blocks had begun mining. Supreme Court Decision In October 2014, Supreme Court cancelled the allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks.
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Sep 21, 2012 Accordingly, allocation of coal blocks to private companies for captive use started in 1993, after the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, was amended. With its avowed objective to provide power to all by 2012, the government allocated 194 (net) coal blocks with aggregate geological reserves of 44,440 million tonnes to government and ...
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Apr 30, 2013 NEW DELHI: Two coal and five lignite mines having estimated reserves of 950 million tonnes have been identified for underground coal gasification projects, government said today. "Five lignite blocks and two coal blocks of estimated reserves 950.5 million tonnes (MT) had been identified for offer to various companies for taking up UCG (Underground Coal Gasification) projects," Minister
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Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years.
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Mar 09, 2021 The government replied coal liquefaction was “one of the specified end uses for the purpose of allotment of captive coal/lignite blocks to the entrepreneurs.” ... and 65 years after South ...
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Aug 03, 2020 However, the sector witnessed a major overhaul after the Supreme Court of India, in 2014, quashed allocation of 214 coal blocks cancelling nearly all existing permissions for the captive mining of coal blocks. The verdict set the ground for fresh legislation and reform in the coal industry. 2
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