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Industries forced to import coal [1]

Hyderabad, April 25: Dwindling coal reserves are forcing industries to go for imported coal from Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and China in a big way. About 50 million tonnes of coal is imported for power generation every year.

This figure is expected to double by 2012 when more thermal power projects come up.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2010
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Mineral-Based Industry [3], Coal [4], Thermal Power Plants [5], Rayalaseema TPS [6], Imports [7], Industry [8]
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