Date | Dec 14, 2021:

Dr. Anil Kumar Jain, Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Coal, virtually inaugurated the ‘International Conference on Opencast Mining Technology and Sustainability (ICOMS), 2021’ at Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NCL) Hq. in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Jain emphasised identifying challenges & opportunities in the coal sector. He urged the promotion of R&D in clean coal technologies & coal gasification. He added that this will help achieve energy efficiency which will, in turn, attain sustainability in the coal sector.

Shri. M. Nagaraju, Additional Secretary, Govt. of India, Ministry of Coal, Shri. P.K. Sinha, CMD, NCL & MCL and Shri. Binay Dayal, Director - Technical, CIL were present with Dr. Jain

NCL in association with IIT, BHU organises this annual conference with an objective to showcase best practices in opencast mining & sustainability.

(Source: https://www.psuconnect.in/)