en.Wedoany.com Reported - Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has commenced commercial operations at its Bhojudih coal washery in the Jamtara district of West Bengal. Officially commissioned in late May, the facility is a three-product medium coking coal washery with a raw coal washing capacity of 2 million tonnes per annum, primarily serving the coking coal demand of the steel industry.

Developed under the Build, Operate, and Maintain (BOM) model, the washery is equipped with coking coal beneficiation technologies including heavy media cyclones, spiral separators, and flotation systems. Through these processes, the washery effectively enhances coking coal quality and reduces ash content, providing higher-quality raw materials for steel enterprises. Bharat Coking Coal Limited stated that the operation of this washery will help improve India's domestic coking coal self-sufficiency and reduce dependence on imported coking coal.

India currently remains heavily reliant on imported coking coal to meet its domestic steel industry demand, resulting in significant foreign exchange outflows annually. To address this situation, Coal India Limited previously announced an investment of approximately INR 33 billion to build eight new coking coal washeries with a combined capacity of 21.5 million tonnes per annum, expected to be commissioned gradually by fiscal year 2030. The Bhojudih coal washery is one of the early projects to be operational under this plan.

Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, is primarily responsible for the development and operation of coking coal mining areas in eastern India. Headquartered in Dhanbad, the company operates multiple coking coal mines and washing facilities. The commencement of commercial operations at the Bhojudih coal washery marks a significant step in India's efforts to improve domestic coking coal quality and secure raw material supply for the steel industry.

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