Question : PRICES OF COAL AND LIGNITE

(a) the calorific value of Lignite and the grade of coal with which Lignite is equated;

(b) the prices of coal and Lignite, Grade-wise, company- wise;

(c) the reasons of variation in the prices; and

(d) the steps being taken to remove the disparity?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL AND MINES (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)


(a) The gross calorific value of lignite ranges between 2600-2800 kilocalories/Kgs. Lignite cannot be equated even with lower grades of non-coking coal in terms of calorific value due to its high moisture content and much lower fixed carbon content.

(b) The prices of coal as fixed by Coal India Limited and Singareni Collieries Company Limited are given in the Annexure. The net price (Ex-Plant Neyveli) of Lignite fixed by Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is Rs.900.64 per tonne.

(c) Various prices of coal and lignite are fixed by the respective companies based on their cost of production, market conditions and commercial considerations.

(d) Does not arise in view of (c) above.

ANNEXURE Referred to in Reply to Part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3125 for answer on 10.12.2001

Prices of various grades of coal revised by Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries since revised on 1.2.2001 are as follows :

PRICES OF RUN OF MINE (ROM) COAL W.E.F. 1.2.2001.

NON-COKING COAL	(RS. PERTONNE)
GR	WCL SECL CCL BCCL NCL MCL	LF NLF IN LF NLF LF NLF LF NLF LF NLF LF NLF	CERTAIN	SPECIFIED	MINES
A	1083 1017 1100 999 934 1177 1100 1121 1047 1147 1072 979 912
B	1022 956 1034 939 872 1065 989 1014 942 1039 964 885 819
C	955 890 862 784 717 890 813 847 774 867 792 740 674
D	902 835 736 669 600 758 680 722 648 740 664 633 566
E 708 497 539 514 527 445
F 590 396 431 410 420 351
G 445 283 308 294 300 250
NOTE :
1. WCL : Western Coalfields Limited

2. SECL : South Eastern Coalfields Limited

3. CCL : Central Coalfields Limited

4. BCCL : Bharat Coking Coal Limited

5. NCL : Northern Coalfields Limited
6. MCL : Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

7 GR : Grade of Coal

8. LF : Long Flame

9. NLF : Non-Long Flame

NON-COKING COAL
( RS. PER TONNE )
GR	RATES IN RATES IN SP MINES RAJ- SALANP COAL	CERTAIN CERTAIN AND MAHAL UR PRODUCED IN	SPECIFIED SPECIFIED MUGMA PROJECT OTHER	SP MINES COLLIERIES	MINES IN OF RANIGANJ	RANIGANJ
LF NLF LF NLF NLF LF NLF
A	1319 1388 1199 1120 1177 1263 1184
B	1192 1312 1085 1007 1059 1192 1115
C	996 1118 905 828 870 1018 939
D	810 905 735 660 915 694 824 748
E 524 703 524 524
F 417 597 417 417
G 298 479 298 298
NORTH EASTERN COALFIELDS	(Rs. Per Tonne)
ASSAM COAL	GRADE OF COAL AND UHV RUN OF MINES	RANGE ( K. CAL. KG. ) 
A	6200 – 6299 998
B	5600 – 6199 741
NOTE :
1.	In grade A, for every additional universal heat value (UHV) of 100 kilo calories	per kg. exceeding 6299 kilo calories per kg., additional Rs.65 per m.t. is added	to the price of a grade.
2.	For UHV exceeding 7099 kilo calories per kg., the price of coal is Rs.1836 per	m.t. for run of mine (ROM) coal.


SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (Rs. Per Tonne)
GRADE STEAM COAL SLACK COAL ROM COAL CRUSHED RUN OF MINE COAL
Grade B 1224.00 1174.00 1164.00 1209.00
Grade C 1107.00 1057.00 1047.00 1092.00
Grade D 987.00 937.00 927.00 972.00
Grade E 761.00 747.00 741.00 786.00
Grade F 638.00 624.00 618.00 663.00
Grade G 485.00 471.00 465.00 510.00

PRICE OF COAL (ROM) WITH EFFECT FROM 1.2.2001.


COKING COAL	(Rs. Per Tonne)
GRADE	BCCL ECL MUGMA CCL SECL WCL SUBSIDIARIES OTHER THAN BCCL, ECL & CCL	RATES IN OTHER	CERTAIN THAN	SPECIFIE SPECIFIE	D MINES D MINES
STEEL GRADE I 1914 1695
STEEL GRADE II 1598 1416
WASHERY GR - I 1385 1227 1312 1287 1096 1075
WASHERY GR-II 1147 1016 1087 1067 907 890
WASHERY GR-III 848 751 803 789 671 803
WASHERY GR-IV 789 699 747 734 625 659
SEMI COKING 1335 1183 RANIGANJ 1241 1096
GRADE - I 1360
SEMI COKING 1106 979 RANIGANJ 1027 907
GRADE - II 1126 
DIRECT FEED 1899 (ASH EXCEEDING 20% BUT NOT EXCEEDING 21%)
COKING COAL
IN CERTAIN
SPECIFIED MINES.