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transport this huge quantity of coal also need to be<br />
looked into.<br />
The Ministry of Environment and Forest has come<br />
in to raise the environmental concerns caused by<br />
transportation of the high ash coal to power plant<br />
across the country which are main cause of<br />
environment hazards down under. MOEF (Ministry<br />
of Environment and Forest) Govt. of India has put<br />
an embargo against use of unwashed non-coking<br />
coal for power generation except in pit head power<br />
plants. This embargo has indirectly addressed to<br />
transportation problem of this high ash coal as on<br />
average 20% of unwashed coal moved across the<br />
country for power generation is ash which is useless<br />
to power plants and infact source of other operational<br />
problem to them. If coal is washed at source this<br />
Quantity shall not have to be transported, thus<br />
effective adherence to MoEF directive will save<br />
transportation of the 20% undesired element of coal<br />
and in directly add to the transportation capacity of<br />
Railways. Which can be utilised to transport more<br />
washed coal and other essential goods.<br />
The washing of this huge quantity of Non-Coking<br />
Coal is itself a challenge, more so when CIL is not<br />
fully equipped with required washing capacity as<br />
present.<br />
Preparations are afoot in CIL/PSU’s Electricity<br />
Boards to take the help of Private Sector in Washing<br />
the Non-Coking Coal on “BOO CONCEPT”. Monnet<br />
Group has accepted this challenge and has<br />
established a new Company with American<br />
Collaboration called “Monnet Daniels Coal Washeries<br />
Pvt. Ltd.”, which is in process of installing a 3.5 MT<br />
capacity Washery at NK area of CCL near Ranchi<br />
under “BOO CONCEPT’ for Punjab Electricity Board.<br />
The Washery is expected to be commissioned by<br />
June ’07. Raw Coal will be supplied to this State of<br />
art Washery by CCL (CIL) where it will be beneficiated<br />
and despatched to Punjab Electricity Board for<br />
Power Generation in their Power Plants in Northern<br />
India. This Washery will beneficiate Coal with the<br />
help of Daniels Heavy Media bath, imported from<br />
USA and also use Belt Filter Press for recovery of<br />
Coal Fines. The Belt Filter Press is a State of art<br />
equipment imported from UK. These equipments<br />
alongwith other equipments will enable Washery to<br />
attain sharp separation of coal and help Washery to<br />
become economically viable besides helping in coal<br />
conservation. The erection & commissioning of this<br />
Washery is being completed in a record time of 8-9<br />
months.<br />
MDCWL is also planning to install 2.0 MT Merchant<br />
Washery near Bachra (Piparwar), Jharkhand in CCL<br />
command area, and a 5 MT Washery for their<br />
upcoming Power Plant at Angul (Orissa). Both these<br />
Washeries are expected to become operational<br />
within next two years. Apart from these two a cople<br />
of state of the art captive washeries are also on anvil<br />
in the state of Orissa and Raigarh.<br />
We at Monnet have always been acknowledged for<br />
introducing safety and cleaner environment. Our<br />
efforts have been appreciated by DGMS awarding<br />
us with the awards of safety for two consecutive years<br />
and UNFCCC by registering our project under clean<br />
development Mechanism.<br />
Ushering prosperity, development by implementing<br />
our project we are not only anchoring India in the<br />
growth trajectory but also fueling it to merge as one<br />
of the most developed nation of the country.<br />
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”<br />
Confucius<br />
MAY-<strong>2007</strong>/17
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