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Bangladesh is preparing to extract its own coal to reduce energy crisis and import dependency in the future, where there are also plans to extract coal in the open-pit method. The proposal that the Ministry of Energy is going to make for the government's high-level decision will be the final decision in the initial stage, which will be the extraction of coal from three mines in the country.
Five coal mines have been discovered so far in the northern part of Bangladesh. These mines have reserves of 7,823 million tons of coal. According to the presentation of the Energy Department, twenty percent of this coal is extractable, which is 1,564.6 million tons. This amount of coal is capable of meeting the energy demand equivalent to 40.6 trillion cubic feet of gas.
BBC Bangla has learned from the Ministry of Energy that a proposal prepared based on the information of various surveys and feasibility studies conducted in the country's coal mines will be presented to the Prime Minister by next April and approval will be sought.