BCGCL and MCL sign land lease for coal-to-ammonium nitrate project at Lakhanpur, Odisha
Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Ltd and Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd signed a land-leasing agreement on 1 April 2026 for a 2,000 TPD coal-to-ammonium nitrate project at Lakhanpur, Odisha, using BHEL's indigenous gasification technology.
Summary
Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) signed a land-leasing agreement on 1 April 2026 in New Delhi, in the presence of Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy, for a coal-to-ammonium nitrate project at Lakhanpur, Odisha. The 2,000 tonnes-per-day ammonium nitrate facility will be India's first coal gasification project to use indigenously developed gasification technology from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). It will be spread over about 350 acres of MCL land, enabled by reforms allowing Coal Bearing Area land to be used for coal gasification.
Key facts
- Signed
- 1 April 2026, New Delhi
- Parties
- BCGCL and MCL
- Project
- Coal to 2,000 TPD ammonium nitrate, Lakhanpur, Odisha
- Technology
- Indigenous gasification by BHEL – India's first such project
- Land
- ~350 acres of MCL land (Coal Bearing Area)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Where will the coal-to-ammonium nitrate project of Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Ltd be set up?
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Correct answer: C — Lakhanpur, Odisha
The land lease signed on 1 April 2026 is for the project at Lakhanpur, Odisha.
The Lakhanpur project will be India's first coal gasification project to use indigenously developed gasification technology from which company?
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Correct answer: A — Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
The Coal Ministry said the project will deploy gasification technology indigenously developed by BHEL.