CSIR-IICT & NCL ink pact for collaborative research
The Hindu
Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Singrauli, and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) have decided to collaborate for pursuing research and development in sustainable mining for e
Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), Singrauli, and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) have decided to collaborate for pursuing research and development in sustainable mining for ensuring energy security, exploring the use coal as a feedstock chemical and generation of hydrogen, and gainful utilisation of overburden material.
An agreement to this was executed by CSIR-IICT/NGRI Director V.M. Tiwari in the presence of NCL CMD P.K. Sinha and others on Thursday. This initiative will be taken up as a collaborative project with initial sponsorship of ₹7.31 crore from NCL, said a press release.
NCL, Singrauli (also known as - The Energy Capital of India) based Subsidiary of Coal India Limited is mining more than 115 million tonnes of coal annually from its 10 highly mechanised opencast mines located in Singrauli and Sonbhadra district of MP and UP respectively. It is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited.