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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]

MINISTRY OF ENERGY

(Department of Coal)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th February, 198!

S.0.96 (E).—In pw suance of clauses 3 a rid 4 of the Collici y Control Ordei, 1945, as continued in force by section 16 of the 1 ssential

Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955) and in supeisession of the notification of the Government of India in (he Ministiy of Encigy (Depr-it-

rn-nt of C°al) No. S.O. 408(E) dated the 16th July, 1979, tho Central Government, with etTtct on and fiom the 14th Kebiuary, 81 hcicby

prescribe in Table I below the classes and guides into which coal and coke shall be classified and fWesin Tables 11, 111, ]V, V r.rd \ I bclrw

the pithead prices at which coal or coke may be sold by collici y owners :—

TABLE I

Si.

C[&ss

1 Non-coking coal prodik A in all States other than Aisam, Andhra

Pradesh, Meghalaya, Ai unachal Piadesh and Nagaland.

2. Non-coking Coal produced in the States of Andhia Pradesh,

Assam, ArunchalPiPdcsh, Meghalaya and Nagaland.

"?. Coking Coal

4. Sjrni-coking and weakly coking coals.

5. Hard Coke

Grade

Steel Grade 1

Steel Grade 11

Washery Gi adc 1

Washcry Grade II

Washery Grade HI

Washeiy Grade IV

Semi-coking I

Semi-coking II

By-product Premium

By-product Ordinary

Beehive Premium

Bjehjve Superior

Beehive Ordinary

Grflde specification

Useful heat value exceeding 6200 Kilo-

Calories per kilogram.

Useful heat value exceeding 5600 kilo-

calories per kilogrfm but not exceeding

6200 kilo-Calories per kilcgir.m.

Useful heat value exceeding 4940 kilo-

w¹ lories per kilogram but not exceeding

5600 kilo-calories per kilogram.

Useful heat value excetding 4200 kilo,

calories per kilogram but not exceedirg

4940 kilo-calories pej kilogiam.

Useful heat value exceeding 3360 kilo-

calories per kilogram but net exceeding

4200 kilo-calorics per kik'grr m.

Useful heat value exceeding 2400 kilo-

calories per kilogram but nol exceeding

3360 kilo-calorics pei kilogrcm.

Useful heat VPIUC excetding 1300 kilo-

calorics per kilogram but nol exceeding

2400 kilo-calories pei kilogiam.

Not giaded.

Ash content not exceeding 15 pei cent.

Ash content exceeding 15 per cent but not

exceeding 18 per cent.

Ash content exceeding 18 per cent but

not exceeding 2] per cent.

Ash content 21 per cent but not exceeding

24 per cent.

Ash content exceeding 24 per cent but not

exceeding 28 per cent.

Ash content exceeding 28 per cent but not

exceeding 35 per cent.

Ash plus moisture content nol excetding

19 per ccn(.

Ash plus moislutc content exceeding 19

per cent but not exceeding 24 per cent.

Ash content not exceeding 25 per cent.

Ash content exceeding 25 per cent but not

exceeding 30 percent.

Ash content not exceeding 27 percent.

As content exceeding 27 per cent but not

exceeding 31 percent.

Ash content exceeding 31 per cent but not

exceeding 36 per cent.

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Notes :—

1. Coking Coals are such ouls as have been declared as coking coals by the eistwhile Coal Board under the Coal Mines (Conser-

vation, Safety and Development) Act, 1952 (12 oil 952) or suchcoals as have been declared oi may be declared as coking coal by the Cen-

tral Government under the Colliery Control Order, 1945 or ihe Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28 ofl974)and the

rules or regulations made thereunder.

2, 'Semi-coking Coals'and 'weakly coking coals' are such coals as were declared as 'blendable coals' by the erstwhile Coal Board

under ths Caul Mines (Conservation, Safety and Development) Act, 1952 (12 of 1952) or as may be declared as "Semi-coking¹ or 'weakly-

coking' coals by the Central Government.

3. Coals other than Coking ot Semi-coking or weakly coking coals are non-coking coal.

4. 'Useful Heat Valiu' is defined by the following formula :

HU = 8900 - 138 x (A plus M».

Where Hu =• Useful Heat value in Kilo Caloncs per kilogram.

A — A_sh content in percentage.

M =• Moisture content in percentage.

In the case of coal having moisture less than 2%, and volatile content less than 19% the useful heat \aluc shall be the value arrived

.ta,ab IVJ re(iu;.'d by 150 kilo cjlories per kilogram for each 1 % reduction in volatile content below 19% fractions pio rata.

Both moisluic and ash shall be dctei mined after equilibrating at 60 per ccn! relati\c humidity and 40' C lempctaluic as pet lelevant

clauses of Indian Standard Specification No. IS : 1350-1959.

5, Ash p^iccntage of Coking Coal and Hard Coke shall be determined after air-drying as per IS : 1350 1959. If the moisture

so determined is more than 2 pet cent, the determination shall be aflcr equilibrating at t>0 per cent relative humidity and 40"C temperature

as per IS : 1350-1959.

6. Thi above classification shall not apply to coals other than Bituminous or Sub-Bituminous coals as specified under Indian

Standard Specification No. IS : 770-1964.

B—PRTCES

TABLE IT—NON-COKING COAL

Giade of i

Grade A

Grade B

Grade C

Grade D

Grade E

Grade F

Grade G

Ungraded

Coal

Useful h^it value in kilo calories per kilogram

Coal produced in all States except Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Ptadesh,

Exceeding 6200

Exceeding 5600 but not exceeding 6200

Exceeding 4940 but not exceeding 5600

Exceeding 4200 but not exceeding 4940

Exceeding 3360 but not exceeding 4200

Exceeding 2400 but not exceeding 3360

Exceeding 1300 but not exceeding 2400

Coal pioduccd in the State of Andhra Pradesh (Singareni Coalfields)

Price per tonne of

Steam Coal

and Rubble

Rs. P.

Meghalaya and

168.00

158.00

141.00

123.00

102,00

78.00

51.00

139,85

Coal produced in the Slates of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland,

Hand picked (rsh content not exceeding 10 per cent)

Slack Coal and

washcry midd-

lings

Rs. P

[ Nagaland.

167.00

157.00

140.00

122.00

101.00

77.00

50.00

138.85

—

Run of Mine

Coal

Rs. P.

165.00

155.00

138.00

120.00

99.00

75.00

48.00

136.85

155.00

250.00

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THE GAZETTE OF INDTA : EXTRAORDINARY

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Grade

Steel Grade 1

Steel Gi ade 11

Washciy Grade I

Washery Giadc D

Washery Gi ade Til

Washery Grade IV

TABLE HI—COKING COAL

Ash content

Not exceeding 15 per cent.

Excced]ng 15 per cent but not exceeding 18 per

cent.

Exceeding 18 per cent but not exceeding 21 per

cent.

Price per tonne of

Steam Coal

and Rubble

Rs. P.

193 00

587.00

181 00

Exceeding 21 per cent but not exceeding 24 per

174.0C

cent.

Exceeding 24 per cent but not exceeding 28 per

cent.

Exceeding 28 per cent but not exceeding 35 per

cent.

Slack Coal

Rs. P.

192 00

186 00

180 00

173 00

Not exceeding Not exceed ing

160 00

165 00

Not exceeding

154.00

Not exceeding

153.00

Run of Mine

Coal

Rs. P

190 00

184 00

178.00

171.00

Not exceeding

163,00

Not exceeding

1J1.00

TABLE IV

Grade

Ash plus moisture content

3eml-CokiriR Oradc I

Not exceeding

Semi-Coking Grade II

Exceeding 19

cent.

Type of Coke

1. By-product Hard Coke Premium .

2. By-product Hard Coke Ordinary .

R^phivr Hard Coke Premium

4. Beehive Hard Coke Superior

5. Beehive Hard Coke Ordinary

19 per cent

per cent but not exceeding 24 per

TABLE V—HARD COKE

Price per tonne of

Steam Coal and

Rubble

Rs. P

178.00

169.00

•

Slack Coal

R s P

177 00

168.00

Price

Run of Mine

Coal

Rs. P

1750 0

166.00

; Per tonne

Rs.P.

600.00

550.00

500.00

400.00

350.00

TABLE VI—SOFT COKE

Type of Coke

Price per tonne

1. Soft Coke

150.00

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 of Mine Coal as is retained on a screen when subjected to scrooriing or is picked out by a fork-shovel

during loading is called Steam Coal.

3. The fraction that remains after steam coal has been removed from the Run of Mine Coal is called slack.

4. Tf Run of Mine Coal is subjected to successive screening by two different screens of different apertures resulting in segregation

intothreedifferentsizes the fraction that is retained on the screen with the larger apertures, shall bo termed Steam Coal, the fraction

passing through this screen but retained on the screen with the smaller apertures, shall be termed Rubble Coal and tho fraction passing

through both the screens shall be termed Slack Codl.

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5. Run of Mine Coal which has been screened or crushed to limit the top size to any maximum limit withm the range of 200 mm-

250 mm shall be priced same as slack coal

6. Hand picked coals comprise of lumps of coal picked out from the Run of Mine Coal of colhenes in the States of Assam,

Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland

7. Coking Coal, weekly Coking Coal, Semi-coking Coal which fall outside the classification shown in Table I shall bo treated as

non-coking coal for the purposes of pricing and classified accordingly.

When the moisture content on 'as received' basis as defined under IS : 1350 -1959 of middlings at the washery end exceeds

10 per cent Ihe price of middlings notified in Table n, shall be reduced by Re 1 for each one per cent increase m the moisture content in

excess of 10 per cent, fraction pro-rata.

9. When the 'Useful Heat Value' of non-coking coal exceeds 6400 kilo-calories per kilogiam, the puce payable as per Table II

foi Grade A coal shall be incieased at the rate of Re. 1 for every 100 kilo-calones by which the actual 'Useful Heat Value' exceeds 6400

kilo-caloriesperkilogram,fraction pro-rata.

10 Pithead prices fixed above are F.O R. colliery siding prices, but where separate agreements for carrying coal or coke over long

distances by road from the pithead to the loading point exist or are entered into, the cost of such carnage 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 authori-

ties or other bodies, duties of excise and sales tax.

For removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that comeiy owners shall be entitled to add 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 middlings, tho amount to be added

shall be tho amount payable on raw coal of the same useful heat value range

12. The pithead prices of hard coke notified in Table V and of Soft Coke notified m Table VI arc exclusive of duties of excise,

royalty, cesses and sales tax on either the raw coal used for manufacturing thecoke oron the Hard Coke or Soil Coke 1 he Colliery owners

shall bo entitled to realise the amounts of such duties of excise, royalty, cesses and sales tax from purchasers of HirdCoke and Soft

Coke in addition to the prices notified foi them

When the impost is on the raw coal used tor manufacture of coke, tho sum realisable per

tonne of soft coke oi hard coke shall be ascertained by multiplying the rates for raw coal by 1 35 for soft coke and 1 50 for hard coke.

13. Prices notified shall not apply to coke or coal sold for export outside India.

14. For undertaking special sizing or benefication of coal, additional charges as may be negotiated between the purchaser and the

producer may be realised over and above the notified prices.

The prices notified in Table VforHardCokeandTablcVIforSoftCokeshallnotapplytosmallsizedcokc, coke bieeze below

12 millimetres size, low temeprature carbonisation-coke, pelletised coke or briquettes.

16. The prices notified in Table V for By-Pioduct Hard Coke Premium and Beehive Hard Coke Piemium shall bo increased at the

rate of Rs. 30 por tonne for every 1 per cent decrease m ash content below 23 per cent, fraction pro-rata

The prices notified in Table V fot By-product Hard Coke ordinary shall be reduced at the rate of Rs 25 per tonne for every

1 per cent increase in ash content over 30 per cent, fraction pro-rata.

18. The prices notified m Table V for Beehive Hard Coke ordinary shall be reduced at the rate of Rs. 20 per tonne for every

1 per cent increase in ash content over 3 6 pei cent, fraction pro-rata.

19. When the Ash plus moisture content of semi-coking I coals is less than 17 per cent, the prices payable tor Semi-Coking I

coals as per Table IV shall be increased at the rate of R, 5 fji every 1 per cent decrease m ash plus moisture content below 17 pet cent,

fraction pio-rata.

[No. 28012/5/80-CA]

L.N. LADDHA, Jt. Secy.

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