Coal India to invest $201 million in research and development by fiscal 2030

Coal India plans to invest 19 billion rupees ($200.7 million) in research and development by fiscal year 2030, the state-run miner said on ‌Tuesday.

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The miner is researching clean coal, net-zero technologies, sustainable materials, mine re-purposing, and recovery of rare earth and critical minerals through partnerships with scientific ⁠institutions.


Coal ‌India has committed 2.53 billion rupees to three ⁠Indian Institutes of Technology, it said, which will be released in phases.

Its R&D facility, called the National Centre for Coal and Energy Research, is also overseeing 19 R&D ‌projects with a total outlay of 2.25 billion rupees at other ⁠scientific institutions.

Coal India's R&D expenditure quadrupled to 2.45 billion rupees in fiscal 2025, from 610 million rupees a year earlier, it said.