What is commercial mining? In 2020, the Government of India opened the coal sector for commercial mining by private players more than 45 years after the nationalization of coal mines in the country. Did you know? India’s private coal mines …
Background Despite India being world’s second largest coal producer and being the 5th largest country in terms of coal deposits, with coal reserves which may last at least 100 years more, the country is unable to produce adequate quantities of …