01 — Local economy
Business in Dhanbad
Beneath and around Dhanbad lies the Jharia coalfield, the country's main domestic source of coking coal for steelmaking, which earned the city the name Coal Capital of India. Bharat Coking Coal and the Directorate General of Mines Safety are headquartered here, IIT (ISM) trains mining engineers, and washeries, coke-oven plants, transporters and coal traders form a dense business network, with fertiliser production at Sindri and trade centred on Bank More.
Where software helps: Coal traders and hard-coke producers must reconcile auction lifts, truck dispatches, weighbridge slips and ash and moisture test results, then bill buyers correctly for grade, cess and GST.