SS Baghel Mining · Government Affairs · Partnerships
Contract mining · MDO · Government affairs

From coal block auction to output.

Satyendra Singh Baghel helps companies win and run mining projects in India: bids, partners, clearances, contracts and operations.

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Satyendra Singh Baghel
Satyendra Singh Baghel36 years in Indian mining, coal and explosives
₹50,000crore+
in MDO contracts won (4 contracts, over US$5 bn). 6 MDO contracts in all.
7
mining contracts won with Coal India subsidiaries
9
coal blocks overseen across 2 states
10→15MTPA
capacity growth at an operating coal mine, with the highest EBITDA in its vertical
2
coal blocks won at Ministry of Coal auctions
Expertise

What he does

As adviser, his clients' voice with government, or a partner sharing in the outcome.

01

Tendering & bid management

Coal block allocation, MDO and mining contracts, across India.

02

JV & consortium formation

Finding the right allies for a winning JV or consortium.

03

Policy advocacy & government affairs

Your case before ministries, regulators and industry bodies.

04

Clearances, liaison & facilitation

Environmental, forest, mining plan and mine opening approvals, state and central.

05

Partnerships & trading

Long-term partnerships and revenue-sharing trading.

06

Contract administration & operations

Contractors, compliance, mine closure and coal delivery.

07

Explosives, drilling & blasting

Bulk explosives plants, market strategy and better blasts.

08

India market entry

A trusted partner in India for international companies and investors.

Track record

Results from three decades in mining

  • 4state PSUsChhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, on their coal blocks
  • 75kmFirst track access charges contract for a private railway line
  • ~5MT / yrWashery reject sales, as Head of the Centre of Excellence since 2024
  • 5yearsRated Excellent / Top Performer at Adani, with CEO letters of appreciation

PolicyHelped shape rules on explosives-grade materials, coal by-products and coal block agreements, and worked in an expert capacity with the environment ministry.

Industry firstsBulk ANFO at MOIL and Western Coalfields; heavy ANFO at Coal India, Neyveli Lignite and MOIL; bulk explosives plants for Coal India, Tata Steel and Jindal.

Ground knowledge

India's mining regions, known first-hand

The mines and logistics, and the people, politics and local administration, including insurgency-affected areas.

Map of India: mining regions and where he has worked Major coalfields and mineral belts in India, with those linked to his work and his work bases highlighted. Odisha Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Telangana Korba · Coal Singrauli · Coal Singrauli Sohagpur · Coal Karanpura · Coal Raniganj · Coal Rajmahal · Coal Bailadila · Iron ore Keonjhar-Barbil · Iron ore Koraput · Bauxite Bellary-Hospet · Iron ore Goa · Iron ore Rajasthan zinc-lead · Zinc, lead Khetri · Copper Singhbhum · Copper, iron ore Malanjkhand · Copper Hasdeo-Arand (Surguja) · Coal: Adani cluster, washery rejects Hasdeo-Arand (Surguja) Mand-Raigarh · Coal: Adani cluster Pench-Kanhan · Coal: Western Coalfields Kamptee · Coal: Western Coalfields Wardha Valley · Coal: Western Coalfields Wardha Valley Godavari Valley · Coal: Singareni Godavari Valley Talcher · Coal: Mahanadi Coalfields Talcher Ib Valley · Coal: Mahanadi Coalfields Jharia · Coal: Bharat Coking Coal Jharia Neyveli · Lignite: NLC (heavy ANFO) Neyveli Nagpur-Bhandara · Manganese: MOIL Balaghat · Manganese: MOIL Raipur · Base: Centre of Excellence, Adani Raipur Raigarh · Base: Commercial Head, Adani Raigarh Delhi / Gurugram · Base: Adani, Brahmaputra Infrastructure Delhi / Gurugram Hyderabad · Base: NCC Hyderabad Pune · Base: Deepak Fertilisers Pune
Hover over a point for details. Locations are approximate.
94.5%of India's coal came from the six states he has worked in

Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra: 990 of 1,047.5 million tonnes in FY 2024-25 (Ministry of Coal, provisional).

  • Where he has been based
  • Coalfields and mineral belts linked to his work
  • Other major coalfields and mining belts
About

From the blast hole to the boardroom

Trained as a mining engineer, he started out at the mine face in 1990, as a sales engineer with ICI India, now Orica, working on drilling and blasting at coal and non-coal mines. Over 17 years he set up bulk explosives plants and brought new blasting technology to mines across India.

From explosives he moved into the business of mining itself, winning contract-mining and MDO work for Brahmaputra Infrastructure and NCC. In 2013 he joined Adani Enterprises, where he went on to lead the commercial side of its coal mining across Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and later its Centre of Excellence for coal mining.

He has seen every side of a mine: the blast, the bid, the clearance and the contract. That is the experience he now brings to the companies he works with.

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