RE: Urgent decisions needed to Extract Coal reserves10 Mar 2025 23:02
Dr. Yunus Akon, Former Chief Geologist and Director, Atomic Energy Commission
The southern part of Barapukuria and Phulbari are 100% suitable for open-pit mining. The most significant factor is that our coal quality is very high. Another thing that was missed in the presentation is that 20% of our coal is coking coal, which is very positive for sustainable mining. Coking coal is much more expensive than thermal coal. Therefore, there is no reason for us not to extract it. Over the past 15 years, we have extracted only 0.7 million tons of coal from Barapukuria.
Dr. Yunus Akon, I like this guy, straight to the point