Singareni Collieries to ramp up production

The Coal India subsidiary, Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) has decided to increase

coal production, due to the escalating demand for coal in power production. Officials

decided to advance commencement of operations in all 12 new mines and open them in

December itself. Of the 12 mines proposed for inauguration, six are underground and the

remaining are open cast projects. SCCL plans to scale up its production by 21.07 million

tonne per annum (MTPA) through these new mines. The company also plans to invest a

Rs 2,300 crore to operate these mines located in the districts of Mancherial, Khammam,

Jayashankar-Bhupalpally and Peddapalli.

To meet the increasing demand, SCCL already scaled up its coal production and is

supplying more coal than its commitments to various power plants across the country. It

registered an increase of five per cent to 4.2 million tonne in October against about 4

million tonne during the corresponding period in the previous fiscal.