- Around 98% of India’s coal reserves and 99% of coal production are from Gondwana fields.
- Because of its much younger age, the carbon content in Gondwana coal (250 million years old) is less than that of carboniferous coal (350 million years old—almost absent in India).
- Gondwana coal is free from moisture, but it contains sulphur and phosphorus.
- Coking, as well as non-coking coal and bituminous coal, are obtained from Gondwana coal fields. EG-MR – 20
- Anthracite is generally not found in the Gondwana coal fields.
- The Damuda series (i.e. Lower Gondwana) hosts the most productive coalfields (80% of India’s total coal production.
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