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Q1: What are the products of CIL |
Ans. CIL Produces :
- Coking Coal.
- Semi coking coal.
- Non Coking Coal.
- Beneficiated
coal.
- Cil Coke / LTC Coke.
- Coal Fines/ Coke Fines.
- Tar/ Heavy
Oil/ Light Oil/ Soft Pitch.
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Q2: Which are the customer segments serviced by CIL |
Ans. Customer segments serviced by CIL are as under
- Power( Power utilities including IPPs).
- Power(Captive).
- Defence.
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Railways.
- Fertilizer.
- Steel including Sponge Iron & Pig iron manufactures
and other metallurgical industries who use coal/coke for their own end use.
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Cement.
- Aluminium Ind.
- Paper Ind.
- Central PSUs for consumption
and use (as distinguished from trading).
- Export.
- Glass/ Ceramic/ Pottery.
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Chemical.
- Engineering/ Rolling Mills.
- State nominated agency.
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Traders, etc..
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Q3. What is FSA? |
Ans. FSA stands for Fuel supply Agreement. As per new Coal Distribution Policy(NCDP)
Coal supplies are governed by Legally enforceable agreements between the seller
(coal companies) and the consumer under specific terms and conditions. Various model
FSAs for different categories of consumer have been placed in the website.
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Q4. What is LOA? |
Ans. LOA stands for Letter of Assurances. It is issued to new consumers on being
approved by the appropriate authority, based on recommendation of a committee constituted
Specific terms & conditions of the LOA to be complied with within a stipulated time
period for being eligible to enter into FSA for commencing coal supply.
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Q5. How a customer will purchase coal |
Ans. customers can be classified into 3 types. Types of customers vis a vis procedure
to be followed for purchase of coal is as under
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Nature of customer |
Procedure of purchase of coal |
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Power Utilities including Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and Captive Power Plants
( CPPs), cement and sponge iron including Steel, |
Supply of coal through legally enforceable Fuel Supply agreements (FSA). New consumer
will have to approach existing Standing Linkage Committee(LT) under Ministry of
Coal for recommendation for issue of Letter of Assurances(LOA) by Coal companies
as per provision of NCDP (NEW COAL DISTRIBUTION POLICY) and recommendation of Administrative
Ministry . LOA is issued on furnishing Commitment Guarantee(CG) followed by execution
of FSA on fulfillment of LOA conditions in the stipulated period of time. |
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Fertilizer |
Coal will be supplied by coal companies through FSA. |
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Defense |
As per government order. |
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Customers belonging to sectors other than what has been mentioned above (requiring
coal beyond 4200 MTPA) |
Customers to get coal under FSA through Letter of Assurance (LOA) route as per laid
down procedure. |
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Customers having requirement of coal less than and upto 4200 MTPA |
Such consumers may buy coal from the state nominated agencies. Such nominated agencies
get coal through FSA with the coal supplying companies. |
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Trader |
Coal can be purchased only through Spot EAuction- Scheme |
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Q6. What are the benefits of E Auction |
Ans.The benefits are briefly stated as under
- Total transparency in coal marketing.
- Equal treatment to all the categories
of customers without any discrimination.
- Buyers getting coal of their choice
in respect of source, grade, size/mode.
- Buyers can purchase coal from anywhere
in the country.
- New consumers, snapped consumers and consumers seeking additional
coal over & above their FSA quantity could buy coal under this scheme.
- Tendency
of diverting coal to secondary market at a premium is greatly reduced, if not fully
eliminated.
- No quota/linkage/sponsorship needed for purchase of coal.
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Option for depositing money for registration/EMD on-line.
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Q7. Where a customer will get E Auction Schedule |
Ans. A customer can get E Auction schedule from respective WEBSITES of Coal Companies
or portal of MSTC and mJunction.
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Q8. I am small industrial consumer. I want to buy coal. For self consumption . How
do I get coal |
Ans. If requirement is less than 4200 tonne per annum, you can procure coal from
agency nominated by your states at a price not exceeding 105% of base price at which
coal was purchased by the agency from linked coal companies. Coal also can be procured
from spot e auction with a minimum bidding quantity of 50 tonne.
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Q9. How could I get coal for industrial requirement? |
Ans. New Coal Distribution Policy(NCDP) of Gov't of India specifies the policy
for distribution of Coal. Depending upon the category of the consumer and requirement
of Coal, the policy provides for appropriate procedure for obtaining Coal.
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Q10. How much coal is distributed through e-auction? |
Ans. 10% of annual production of CIL is marked for e-auction.
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Q11. Who are eligible to participate in e-auction? |
Ans. Any buyer can participate in spot e-auction and only actual consumer can participate
in forward e-auction.
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Q12. What is the procedure for participation in e-auction? |
Ans. The procedure for participation in e-auction is specified in the scheme for
spot e-auction and scheme for forward e-auction.
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Q13. Who are your service provider for conducting e-auctions? |
Ans. MSTC and mjunction. The web sites are www.mstcindia.com, and www.coaljunction.in respectively.
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Q14. What are the mailing address of MSTC and mjunction. |
Ans.
- MSTC Limited
225C AJC Bose Road
Kolkata-700 020
Web site-www.mstcindia.com
Tel ph no-(033)2287-0568/7577/9627
Fax no-(033) 2290-4294/5637
- mjunction Services Limited
TATA Centre
43 Jawahar Lal Nehuru Road
Kolkata-700 071
Web site:- www.coaljunction.in
Toll Free no-180041920001
Fax no-(033)66106297
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Q15. What is UHV of Coal? |
Ans. UHV stands for useful heat value of coal. which is calculated by the empirical
formula as below:
UHV = 8900-138(ash%+Moisture%) in Kilo
Calories/Kilogram.
In the case of coal having moisture less
than 2 per cent and volatile content (VM)less than 19 per cent the useful heat value
shall be the value arrived at as above reduced by 150 kilocalories per kilogram
for each one percent reduction in volatile content(VM) below 19 percent and fraction
pro-rata.
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Q16. What is Long Flame Coal? |
Ans. The Long Flame is a characteristic of coal which depends upon the volatile
matter present in the coal. Range of Gross CV and dried moisture are two other factors
which determine the long flame characteristics of coal. Following parameters are
as laid down in IS 770-1964, general classification of coal(revised).
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Group |
Volatile%
(on unit coal basis) |
Gross C.V.in
K.Cal/Kg
(on unit Coal ) |
Air dried Moisture%
at 60% RH & 40®C(On
Mineral Free coal Basis) |
B4
B5 |
over 32
over 32 |
8060 to 8440
7500 to 8060 |
3 to 7
7 to 14 |
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