CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES

    India seeks clean coal technology from South Africa.India onThursday 6th January,2011 sought the co operation of the south African Government to enable Indian Companies to acquire coal assets there and also help them develop clean coal technologies.

          Union coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal along with a high-level delegation visit to south Africa and mozembique.Mr Jaiswail met south African Minister Of mineral Resources Susan Shabangu.Mr Jaiswel said coal India was interested in acquiring coal assets in the south African nation and cooperation with south African government was aimed at bridging the growing domestic demand-supply gap. According to the release,India sought co operation for technologies on underground coal gasification and coal benefication besides modern technology for underground coal mining from south Africa. The coal blocks of 1.5 million capacity each. The south African government offered the expertise  of its companies in setting up coal washries,deep coal mining technology,while inviting investments in the south African coal sector.Besides,both countries agreed to exchange research and development iniitiative in the area of extraction of coal-bed methene before exploiting coal resources. A number of Indian companies have interest in buying assets in south Afrrica including CIL,which accounts for over 85% of the domestic coal production.

Prof.John Kurakar