The Union coal ministry acquired bids for 19 coal mines out of 67 on offer.
Under the second round of auction for commercial mining, out of the 67 blocks provided, only 19 coal mines were accepted by the Union coal ministry. For commercial coal mining, 20 companies have set 34 bids, the government said. Burakhap mine in Jharkhand received the maximum interest with five bids which is followed by the…