Thar Coal Power Project
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Dileep Kumar and Chetan Kumar, Mine Managers with Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) posing before 125mtrs mark at 1.4sq km Thar Mine at Thar Coal Block II.
Dileep and Chetan, belongs to Tharparkar, have excelled to develop an open pit coal mine.
Dileep and Chetan, belongs to Tharparkar, have excelled to develop an open pit coal mine.
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PPP literally killing the people of Thar, no water, no electricity, no hospitals or schools.
Entire families have to migrate to areas with more water access. And if their lifestock catches a disease from drinking the dirty water of Thar the entire livestock will die and thats the only thing the people of Thar use to survive as there is no way of farming to earn money.
PPP is the worse political party for its own people in the history of Pakistan
Entire families have to migrate to areas with more water access. And if their lifestock catches a disease from drinking the dirty water of Thar the entire livestock will die and thats the only thing the people of Thar use to survive as there is no way of farming to earn money.
PPP is the worse political party for its own people in the history of Pakistan
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Thar Block II Unearths Coal.
Sindh Engro Coal Mining (SECMC) on Sunday made history after unearthing the first layer of indigenous coal from its open-pit coal mine in Thar Coal Block II, at a depth of 140 meters (460 feet) below the surface.
The mining firm’s machinery took out the first layer from an estimated 2.04 billion tons of coal resources in Thar Coal Block II after successfully dewatering the second acquirer, five months ahead of schedule.
Sindh Engro Coal Mining (SECMC) on Sunday made history after unearthing the first layer of indigenous coal from its open-pit coal mine in Thar Coal Block II, at a depth of 140 meters (460 feet) below the surface.
The mining firm’s machinery took out the first layer from an estimated 2.04 billion tons of coal resources in Thar Coal Block II after successfully dewatering the second acquirer, five months ahead of schedule.
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Govt signs financial close for 660MW Lucky Power
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday declared the financial closing of the 660MW Lucky Electric Power Project on Thar coal with targeted commercial operations by end of March 2021.
The documents of the financial closing were formally signed by Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza and Lucky Electric Coal Power Chief Executive Officer I. H. Haqqi. The signing ceremony was also witnessed by caretaker Minister for Energy, Barrister Syed Ali Zafar.
The project will be located at Port Qasim near Karachi, and based on local coal from Thar. The project is estimated to cost $1.081billion and will be equipped with super critical technology. Seawater will be utilised for cooling the plant.
Lucky Power Project is being financed through debt-to-equity ratio of 75:25. The consortium of lenders include Habib Bank, United Bank, National Bank, Bank Alfalah, Askari Bank, Soneri Bank, The Bank of Punjab, Meezan Bank, Faysal Bank and Dubai Islamic Bank.
Upon financial closing, PPIB will also issue sovereign guarantee on behalf of the government in favour of the project company to secure the payment obligations of the power purchaser.
The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company which is the lease holder for execution of mining operations for coal extraction in the Thar coalfield, Block II will supply coal to the project while the electric power generated from it will be sold to Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee under a 30-year power purchase agreement.
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday declared the financial closing of the 660MW Lucky Electric Power Project on Thar coal with targeted commercial operations by end of March 2021.
The documents of the financial closing were formally signed by Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza and Lucky Electric Coal Power Chief Executive Officer I. H. Haqqi. The signing ceremony was also witnessed by caretaker Minister for Energy, Barrister Syed Ali Zafar.
The project will be located at Port Qasim near Karachi, and based on local coal from Thar. The project is estimated to cost $1.081billion and will be equipped with super critical technology. Seawater will be utilised for cooling the plant.
Lucky Power Project is being financed through debt-to-equity ratio of 75:25. The consortium of lenders include Habib Bank, United Bank, National Bank, Bank Alfalah, Askari Bank, Soneri Bank, The Bank of Punjab, Meezan Bank, Faysal Bank and Dubai Islamic Bank.
Upon financial closing, PPIB will also issue sovereign guarantee on behalf of the government in favour of the project company to secure the payment obligations of the power purchaser.
The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company which is the lease holder for execution of mining operations for coal extraction in the Thar coalfield, Block II will supply coal to the project while the electric power generated from it will be sold to Central Power Purchasing Agency-Guarantee under a 30-year power purchase agreement.
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ISLAMABAD - The first unit of Thar coal power plant is likely to contribute 330 MW of electricity to the national grid by December 2018, six months ahead of given schedule as so far 92 percent work on coal mining while 93 percent work of power plant has been completed.
Work on coal mining in Thar block II, and power plant near the site of coal mining started in 2016 and was earlier scheduled to be completed by June 2019, but due fast pace of the work, the project is being completed well ahead of given time.
“The 270-kilometre long transmission line from Thar block II to Matiari has already been completed at a cost of $270 million, while work on both coal mining as well as power plant is in progress simultaneously and is in final stage,” Chief Operating Officer of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) Abul Fazl Rizvi told APP.
Rizvi said the mining work had achieved depth of 154 metres at Thar block II where coal had emerged on the surface.
With respect to quality of the coal, he said it was of very good quality as was expected and as we would go deeper the quality would get better. In the first phase of Thar Coal project , 3.8 million ton of coal would be extracted from which two power plants of 330 MW each would be operated while the power capacity from Thar block II would be gradually increased and by 2024, Thar coal block II would be producing around 5200 MW electricity.
Rizvi said the second unit of the Thar coal fired power plant would also start functioning by March 2019. He informed that in January 2019, work on two more power plants would be started in Thar block II with total installed capacity of 660 MW.
He said initially the cost per unit of electricity produced from these power plants would be Rs 10.8 cents while its cost would be reduced gradually and by 2030 the per unit cost would be around Rs 4.6 cents.
Tharparkar is spread over an area of 19,000 square kilometer where around 9000 square kilometer coal was present whereas the area on which government had allowed to extract coal is an area of 1300 square kilometer and this area has been divided into 13 blocks with 100 square kilometer area of each block.
Work on coal mining in Thar block II, and power plant near the site of coal mining started in 2016 and was earlier scheduled to be completed by June 2019, but due fast pace of the work, the project is being completed well ahead of given time.
“The 270-kilometre long transmission line from Thar block II to Matiari has already been completed at a cost of $270 million, while work on both coal mining as well as power plant is in progress simultaneously and is in final stage,” Chief Operating Officer of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) Abul Fazl Rizvi told APP.
Rizvi said the mining work had achieved depth of 154 metres at Thar block II where coal had emerged on the surface.
With respect to quality of the coal, he said it was of very good quality as was expected and as we would go deeper the quality would get better. In the first phase of Thar Coal project , 3.8 million ton of coal would be extracted from which two power plants of 330 MW each would be operated while the power capacity from Thar block II would be gradually increased and by 2024, Thar coal block II would be producing around 5200 MW electricity.
Rizvi said the second unit of the Thar coal fired power plant would also start functioning by March 2019. He informed that in January 2019, work on two more power plants would be started in Thar block II with total installed capacity of 660 MW.
He said initially the cost per unit of electricity produced from these power plants would be Rs 10.8 cents while its cost would be reduced gradually and by 2030 the per unit cost would be around Rs 4.6 cents.
Tharparkar is spread over an area of 19,000 square kilometer where around 9000 square kilometer coal was present whereas the area on which government had allowed to extract coal is an area of 1300 square kilometer and this area has been divided into 13 blocks with 100 square kilometer area of each block.
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