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R-Power Ropes in German Utility for Mining

  • Anil Ambani's R-Power has roped in RWE Power International of Germany to help the company with extracting coal from its captive mines of the Tilaiya ultra-mega power project, the third such plant that the government has mandated the company to set up.

  • RWE Power is one of Europe's leading energy utilities and Germany's biggest coal miner. The company would help R-Power design and plan the engineering aspects of captive mine and procurement of equipment and ensure quality control, the company said on Thursday. Government has allocated Kerendari B and C coal blocks of North Karanpura coal fields in Jharkhand to meet the fuel requirements of the Tilaiya project. These mines have reserve of over 1 billion tonne. The company plans to produce 40 million tonnes of coal per year.

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