Coal India to set up 8 new coking coal washeries spending ₹3,300 crore

Seeking to improve the quality of their coking coal, state-owned miner Coal India informed it would be setting up eight new coking coal washeries, with a combined washing capacity of 21.5 million tonnes a year, at an estimated capital outlay of ₹3,300 crores.Of the eight washeries, five would be set up by the Jharkhand-headquartered Central Coalfields Ltd. They would have a cumulative capacity of 14.5 million tonnes a year. The remainder would be with Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. They would account f...