Saturday, June 24, 2006

Mining: Bangladesh discovers new coal reserve

Bangladesh, has said it has discovered a new coal reserve in northern district of Dinajpur.

Energy ministry spokesman Abdullah-Al Shahin, said the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB), has already drilled five bores in the new mine at Dighipara in Dinajpur, 450 km north of Dhaka.

Bangladesh is keen to use coal as a major supplement to natural gas for producing power.