India is to invest in its coal processing capacity with new coal washeries to be operational by next autumn, according to local press reports. The Coal Ministry told a Parliamentary Consultative Committee meeting in Tirupati, Uttar Pradesh, that India's current coal washing capacity totalled 38 million tpa at 15 washeries. An additional 15 plants were now planned to boost capacity and were expected to be operational by next September in order to help meet the demand for washed coal to comply with environmental regulations, the ministry said.
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