Eastern Coalfields Limited
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Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is one of the largest coal producing company of India
. The company came in to existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines in India
. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of Raniganj
Coalfields. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited
. The company has its headquarter at Sanctoria in West Bengal
.
It at present owns 105 numbers of operating mines out of which 81 are underground mines, 24 are opencast mines. The majority of its mines are in West Bengal
and some in Jharkhand
State.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The company came in to existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines in India
Coal mining in India
Coal mining in India has a long history of commercial exploitation covering nearly 220 years starting in 1774 with John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the East India Company in the Raniganj Coalfield along the Western bank of river Damodar...
. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of Raniganj
Raniganj
Raniganj is a city and a municipality in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Raniganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 91 metres ....
Coalfields. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal India Limited
Coal India Limited
Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled coal company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding 60,245 Crore . It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of...
. The company has its headquarter at Sanctoria in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
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It at present owns 105 numbers of operating mines out of which 81 are underground mines, 24 are opencast mines. The majority of its mines are in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
and some in Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
State.