NLC, UPRVUNL joint venture begins coal production in Jharkhand

New Delhi: The Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited, a joint venture company of NLC India Ltd and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd, has commenced production from a coal block in Jharkhand, according to a regulatory filing.

The development boosts domestic coal output for power generation, supporting India's energy security amid rising demand, it said.

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“Subsequent to the commencement of overburden removal on December 19, 2025, the Pachwara South Open Cast Project successfully commenced coal production on March 29, 2026,” the NLC said in the filing to BSE.

The Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL), formed to develop coal-based thermal power projects, will use the coal primarily to fuel its 3x660 MW Ghatampur thermal power plant in Ghatampur, Uttar Pradesh.

To meet the fuel requirement of the said power plant, the Pachwara South coal block located in Dumka district, Jharkhand, was allotted to the company by the coal ministry.

The previously unexplored coal block has been fully explored by the NUPPL through detailed drilling across the entire block.

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The block has an extractable coal reserve of 264.84 million tonnes, with a normative mining capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum and an average coal grade of G10.

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