Western Coalfields to open 36 mines in 36 months

Published October 02, 2015 18:32

Source http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/49193419.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

KOLKATA: Coal India's subsidiary Western Coalfields is on track to open 36 mines in 36 months by 2018, having opened eight mines in the past eight months as part of a plan to contribute its bit to helping the state-run monopoly miner meet its output target of 1 billion tonnes by 2020.

Western Coalfields, a laggard for the past several years, has drawn up the expansion plan which entails a total production of 60 million tonnes including an incremental growth of 15 million tonnes in the ..

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