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Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 19 mineral fuels are essential for generation of power required by agriculture industry transport and other sectors of the economy. mineral fuels like coal petroleum and natural gas known as fossil fuels nuclear energy minerals are the conventional sources of energy. these conventional sources are exhaustible resources. coal coal is a one of the important minerals which is mainly used in the generation of thermal power and smelting of iron ore. coal occurs in rock sequences mainly of two geological ages namely gondwana and tertiary deposits. about 80 per cent of the coal deposits in india is of bituminous type and is of non-coking grade. the most important gondwana coal fields of india are located in damodar valley shine india monthly magazine best.