Bhubaneswar, April 2 -- Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) and Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) have signed a significant land leasing agreement for a Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate project at Lakhanpur in Odisha.
The ambitious project, designed as a 2000 tonnes-per-day (TPD) Ammonium Nitrate facility, marks a historic milestone as India's first coal gasification initiative to deploy indigenously developed technology by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
This development underscores a major push toward self-reliance, innovation, and reduced dependence on imported technologies in the energy and chemical sectors.
Spread across approximately 350 acres of land under MCL, the project has been made possible through progres...