REGISTERED NO.D.(D.)-72 The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 291] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1979/ASADHA 25, 1901
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704 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY LPART II— Six. 3(ii>] 705 706 THE GAZETTE O^ INDIA ; EXTRAORDINARY [PART U-~SEC. 3Oi)J 707MINISTRY OF ENERGY
(Department of Coal)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the I6ih July, 1979
S.O. 408(K),—In pursuance ;•>( clauses 3 atul 4 of ihc Colliery Control Order J945 , .is continued in force by Section 16 ol" the Fssential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of Iy55) and in supersession of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministiy of Steel, Mines and Metals (Department of Mines & Metals) No. S.O. 2465 dated the 24th July 1967 and the Ministry of Energy (Department of Coal) No. S.O. 408 (E) dated the IsfAugust, 1975 the Central Government, with effect on and from the 17th July, 1979 hereby prescribes in Table below the classes and grades into which coal shall b* classified and fixes in '1 ables 11, IH, IV, V and VI below the pit head prices at which coal or coke may be sold by colliery owners:
TABLE 1
Grade Specification Class Grade
s.
No.
2
3
4
I
1. Non-coking coal produced in all States other than A Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Mcgha- B laya and Nagaland.
C
D
I.
b
G
Useful heat value exceeding 6200 kilo-calories per kilogram. Useful heat value exceeding 5600 kilo-calories per kilogram but not exceeding 6200 kilo-calories per kilogram. Useful heat value exceeding 4940 kilo-calorics per kilogram but not e\ceeding 3600 kilo-calories per kilogram Useful heat value exceeding 4200 kilo-calorics per kilogram' but not exceeding 4940 kilo-calorics per kilogram, Useful heat value exceeding 3360 kilo-calorics per kilogram but not exceeding 4200 kilo-calories per kilogram. Useful heat value exceeding 2400 kilo-calories per kilogram but not exceeding 3360 kilo -calories per kilogram. Useful heat value exceeding 1300 kilo-calories per kilogram but not exceeding 2400 kilo-calories per kilogram.
Not graded.
Non-coking coal produced in the States of Andhra — Pradesh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mcehalayu. and Nagaland.
3.
Ash content not exceeding 15 per cent Ash exceeding 15 per cent but not exceeding 1M per cent, Ash exceeding 18 per cent but not exceeding 21 per cent. Ash exceeding 21 per cent but not exceeding 24 per cent. Ash exceed ine 24 per cent but not exceed ing 28 per cent. Ash exceed ing 28 per cent but not exceeding 35 per cent.
Coking Coal. Steel Grade 1 Steel Grade II Washery Grade 1 Washery Grade II Washery Grade III Washery Grade IV
4. Semi-colons and weakly coking coals. Semi-Coking I Serai-Coking II
Ash plus moisture content not exceeding 19 per cent, Ash plus moisture content exceeding 19 per cent but not exceeding 24 per cent.
Notts :-
1. Coking Coals arc -,ueh coals as have been declared as coking coals by the erstwhile Coal Board under tlie Coal Mines (Conserva- tion, Safety ;md Development) Act, 1952 (12 of 1952) or such coals as have been declared or may be declared as coking coal by the Central Government under the Colliery Control Order, 1945 or the Coal Mine-, (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (2$ of 1974) and the rules or regulations made thereunder.
708 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I I- S E C. 3(ii)]2. ''Semi-coking Coals and "weakly coking coals" arc such coals as were declared as 'blendable coals' by the erstwhile Coal Board under the Coal Mines (Conservation, Safety and Development) Act, 1952 (12 ofl 9' 2) or as may be declared as 'Semi-sokinjt' or 'weekly-coking' coals by the Central Government.
3. Coals other than Coking or Semi-coking or weakly coking couls are noil-coking coal.
4- "Useful Heat Value" is defined by the following formula:
HU=89OO — IJ8 x (A plus. M)
Where IIu •• Useful Heat value in Kilo Calories per kilogram.
A^Ash content in percentage.
M = Moisture content in percentage.
In the case of coal having moisture less than 2%, ond volatile content less than 19°D the useful heat value shall be the value arrived at as above red uced by 150 kilo calorics per kilogram for each 1 % reduction in volatile content below 19 /„', fractions pro rata.
Both moisture and ash shall be determined after equilibrating at 60 per cent relative humidity and 40DC temperature as per rele- vant clause* of Indian Standard Specification No. IS : 1350—1959.
5. Ash percentage of Coking Coal shall be determined after air-drying as per IS : 1350—1959. If the moisture so determineds is more than 20 per cent the determination shall be after equilibrating at 60 per cent relative humidity and 40°C temperature as per IS : 1350 — 1959.
6. The above classifications shall not apply to coals other than Bituminous or Sub-Bituminous coals us specified under ladian Stan- dard Specification No. IS : 770 — 1964.
B—PRICES
TABLE II—NON-COKING COAL
Gradq of Coal Useful heat value in kilo calories per kilogram Price per tonne of
Steam Slack coal Run of coal and and washery Mine Coal Rubble middlings
1
2
3 4 5
1. Coal produced in all States except Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Rs. P. Rs. P. Rs, P. Grade A Exceeding 6200.
137.50 136,50 135.00 Grade B Exceeding 5600 but not exceeding 6200.
122.50 121.50 120,00
107.50 106.50 105.00
92.50 91.50 90.00 Grade C Exceeding 4940 but not exceeding 5600. Grade D Exceeding4200 h^ aot exceeding 4940. Grade E Exceeding 3360 but not exceeding 4200.
77.50 76.50 75.00 Grade F Exceeding 2400 but not exceeding 3360.
57.50 56.50 55.00 Grade G Exceeding 1300 but not exceeding 2400.
42.50 41.50 40.00
2. Coal produced in the State of Andhra Pradesh (Singureni Coalfields).
Ungraded
102.42 101.42 99.92
3. Coal produced in the States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Ungraded Hand picked
120.00 150.00
709TABLE in—COKING COAL
Price per tonne of
Ash content
Grade
Steam Slack coal Run of coal and mine coal Rubble
t
3 4 5 1
Rs. P. Rs. P. Rs. P. 132.50 151.50 150.00 147.50 146.50 145.00 142.50 141.50 140.00 134.50 133.50 132.00 Not exceeding 15 per cent. Exceeding 15 per cent but not exceeding 18 per cent. Exceeding 18 per cent but not exceeding 21 per cent. Exceeding 21 per cent but not exceeding 24 per cent. Exceeding 24 per cent but not exceeding 28 per cent.
Steel Grade I Steel Grade II Washery Grade 1 Washery Grade H Wishery Grade TIT
Not Not Not exceeding exceeding exceeding
127.50 126,50 125.00
Exceeding 28 per cent but not exceeding'35 per cent.
Washery Grade IV
Not Not Not exceeding exceeding exceeding
114.50 113.50 112.00
TABLE IV
Price per tonne of Ash plus moisture content
arade
Stoara Slack Coal Run of Coal and mine coal Rubble
3 4 5
2
1
Rs. P. Rs. P. Rs, P. 132,50 131.50 130.00 120.50 119.50 118.00 Not exceeding 19 per cent. Exceeding 19 per cent but noi exceeding 24 per cent.
Semi-coking Grade I Serai-coking Grade II
TABLE V—HARD COKE
Price per tonne Type of Coke
2 1
Rs. P. 430.00 380.00 280.00 230.00 1. By-product Hard Coke Premium 2. Beehive Hard Coke Premium 3. Beehive Hard Coke Superior 4, Bochivo Hard Coke Ordinary
TABLE VI—SOFT COKE
Price per ton e Type of Coke
2 1
1. Soft Coke
Rs. P. 1(0.00
Notes:
1 Run of Mine coal is Coal comprising of all sizes as it comes out of the mine, without any crushing or screening.
2. The fraction of the Run oi Mine coal as is retained on a screen when subjected to screening or is picked out by a fork-shovel
during loading is called Steam Coal,
710 THF GAZETll- OF INDIA : I.XTKAORDINARY [PAM II—Srr. 3iil)]3. The fraction thiL remains after steam coal has bean removed from the Run of Mine coal is called slack.
4. If Run of Mine Coal is subjected to successive screening by two different screens of different apertures resulting in segregation into three different sizes, the fraction that is retained on the screen with the larger apertures, shall be termed Seam Coal, Ihe fraction passing through this screen but retained on the screen with the smaller apertures shall be termed Rubble Coal and the fraction passing through both the screens shall be termed Slack Coal.
5. Ruu of Mine Coal which has been screened or crushed to limit the top size to any declared maximum limit shall be termed Slack Coal.
6. Hand picked COHIS comprise of lumps of coal picked out from the Run of Mine Coal of collieries in the States of Assam, Aruna- chal Pradesh, Meghalaya and NugaUnd.
7. Coking Coal, Weakly Coking Coal, Semi-Coking Conl which fall outside the classification shown in Table I shall be treated as non-coking coal for the purposei of pricing and classified accordingly.
B. When the moisture content on 'as received' basis as defined under IS : 1350—1959 of middlings at the washery and exceeds 10 per cent, the price of middlings notified in Table II, shall be reduced by Rs. 1/; for each one per cent increase in the moisture content in excess oflO per cent, fraction pro rala.
9. When the 'Useful Heat Value' of non-coking coal exceeds 6400 kllocalorles per kilogram, the price payable a" per Table II for Grade A coal shall be increased at the rate of Rs. 1/- for every 100 kllocalories by which the actual 'Useful Heat Value* exceeds 0400 kilocalories per kilogram, fraction pro rate.
10. Pithiad prices fixed above are F.O.R. colliery siding prices, but where separate agreements for carrying coal or coke over lonj distances by road from the pithead to the loading point exist or are entered into, the cost of such carriage from pithead shall be governed by such agreements.
11. The pithead prices in Tables II and III and IV are exclusive of royalty and cesses, if any, levied by Government, local authorities or oth?r bodies, duties of excise and sales tax.
For removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that colliery owners shall be entitled to udd an amount equal to such royalty, cess, duties of excise and sales tax to the pithead prices specified in the said Tables. In the case of washery m.ddl i j s, ;ht amount to be added shall be the amount payable on raw coal of the same useful heat value range.
12. Tho pit head prices of hard coke notified in Table V und of Soft Coke notified in Table VI are exclusive of duties of excise, royalty, cesses and sales tax on either the raw coal used for manufacturing the coke or on the Hard Coke or Soft Coke. The colliery owners shall be entitled to realise the amounts of such duties of excise, royalty, cesses and sales tax from purchasers of Hard Coke and Soft Coke in addition to the prices notified for them. When the impost is on the raw coal used for manufacture of coke, the sum realisable per tonne of Soft Coke or Hard Coke shall be ascertained by multiplying the rates for raw coal by 1.35 for Soft Coke and 1.50 for Hard Coke.
l.l. Prices notified shall not apply to coke or coal sold for export outside India.
14. For undertaking special sizing or beneficiation of coal, additional charges as may be negotiated between the purchaser and the producer may be realised over and above the notified prices.
15. The prices notified in Table V for Hard Coke and Table VI for Soft Coke shall not apply to small sized coke, coke breeze below 12 millimetres size, low temperature carbonisation coke, pelfetised coke or briquettes.
[No. 28012/8/79-CA] S. P. GUGNANI, Joint Secretary,