GIDC floats tender to appoint mine developer for Dongri-Tal coal block
After a lengthy delay of over a year, Goa Industrial Development Corporation has finally issued the tender to appoint a mine-developer-cum-operator (MDO) for the Dongri-Tal II coal mine, which has a 2.9 million tonne per annum (MTPA) capacity.
The MDO will be responsible for extracting the coal, which will be subsequently auctioned by GIDC through an online route, said the Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by GIDC.
“Goa-IDC intends to commence mining operation as per approved mining plan and mine closure plan for Dongri-Tal II coal mine through an MDO after obtaining all requisite statutory clearances, approvals, permissions, consents, NOCs, etc, pertaining to development and operation of the coal mine,” GIDC said in the tender, which was floated on Friday.
In December, chief minister Pramod Sawant had said that the Request for Proposal would be issued within 15 days for the coal block.
The Dongri Tal–II coal block has been allotted by the Union ministry of coal for commercial mining to GIDC. As per the terms of the allotment agreement, which was signed in October 2019, at least 25% of the coal extracted in a financial year has to be sold to the MSME sectors in Madhya Pradesh and balance coal to other buyers across India.
Once GIDC identifies an MDO, a coal mining agreement has to be signed with the coal ministry. For this, GIDC needs to submit a performance security of Rs 163.9 crore to the Union ministry.
