Indian coal workers' union plans to hold a one-day strike on November 26 to oppose blocks auctions for commercial mining.
Earlier this year, Indian government opened 38 coal mines to private miners for commercial mining in efforts to attract investment and reduce coal imports and with no specific restrictions on where output from these mines ends.
Conglomerates including Adani Enterprises and Jindal Steel are the highest bidder for 19 blocks.
This strike could potentially lead to output losses of 1.5 million tonnes a day for Coal India Ltd, the state-owned coal miner, and 200,000 tonnes for Singareni Collieries.
Five unions including BMS once organized a three-day strike to oppose against government's decision to auction in early July, resulting in nearly nought coal production and a complete suspended coal supply. During the period, CIL's coal production was only around 44% of the normal level and 32.17% of the normal shipments.
(Writing by Rebecca Liu Editing by Harry Huo)
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