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Coal India’s 191 Mines Lack Environmental Approval, Auditor Says
By Rajesh Kumar Singh - Sep 7, 2011 3:57 AM PT
inCoal India Ltd. (COAL), the world’s largest producer of the commodity, is operating 191 old mines without environment approval, the country’s national auditor said.
The mines without approval are part of 239 mines that existed before 1994, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said in a statement today. State-owned Coal India operated 470 mines as of March 31, according to the auditor.


Coal India Chairman Nirmal Chandra Jha could not be immediately reached for comment.
The company is currently fighting a court battle with the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, which last month ordered closure of 22 mines that need environment approval from the federal government.






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