AP Mineral Development Corporation Bags Coking Coal Mine Lease In Jharkhand Jan 12, 2021, 14:18 IST
NEW DELHI: The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation bagged the lease for mining coking coal also known as metallurgical coal, used in blast furnaces for manufacturing steel, from the Brahmadiha opencast block in Jharkhand.
Union Additional Secretary (Coal) M Nagaraju and AP Principal Secretary (Mines) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi signed the allotment agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi in New Delhi on Monday.
APMDC was the only government entity to emerge as the successful bidder among 19 others and Brahmadiha was the only coking coal mine offered, as per a tweet by AP Principal Secretary (Mines) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi.