Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal Meets Czech Trade & Industry Minister
An Indian delegation led by Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal, Union Minister of Coal met Czech Trade & Industry Minister Mr. Martin Kocourek on 13 June, 2011 in Prague to explore the scope for technical cooperation between the two countries in the areas coal mining. This included deep coal mining, lignite mining and clean coal technologies covering the areas of coal mine methane extraction, underground coal gasification etc. Indian side also proposed for technical cooperation in manufacturing of mining machinery for underground mining as well as lignite mining. The Czech industry Minister evinced interest to associate his country in the coal mining in India. This was followed by a meeting with the Czech Trade and Industry Association. Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal addressed the association and invited the Czech companies to invest in Indian coal sector.
The ministerial delegation included special secretary, Ministry of Coal, CMDs of Coal India Ltd., and Neyveli lignite corporation Ltd., and Director (technical) from the ministry of coal.
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