We had earlier informed you of the separate Tata and Jindal Steel consortiums' coal-to-liquid fuel ventures in India.
The Indian government, apparently, views coal liquids to be so strategically valuable that they will not allow coal from the major deposits they have assigned to liquid conversion efforts to be diverted to other uses.
An excerpt:
“Tata, JSPL cannot divert surplus coal from CTL projects
NEW DELHI: Tata Sons-Sasol joint venture Strategic Energy Technology Systems and Jindal Steel and Power will not be able to divert surplus coal from the promotional mining blocks allotted for $18 billion projects to convert coal into liquid petroleum, sources said."