Ranchi, June 21 -- Consul General, Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Andrew Ford visited Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) here on Thursday and had a meeting with Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), CMPDI Shekhar Saran and other senior officials of CMPDI regarding mutual cooperation in the field of mining and coal based non-conventional energy resources, especially in field of coal bed methane, methane gas drainage, underground coal gasification and others.
The CMD and Consul General discussed on various issues related to mining such as pressing issues and related challenges in optimum extraction and utilization of Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Coal Bed Methane (CBM) from coal mines to mitigate methane, enhance safet...