Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has reported a fall of 2% in monthly coal production during Feb’18. The company had produced 6.26 MnT coal in Feb’18 against 6.39 MnT in Jan’18.
The monthly output was still 7% higher than the levels achieved during Jan’17, when the company had posted coal production of 5.87 MnT. According to the data collected from company’s website, SCCL had achieved its monthly production target of 5.78 MnT set for Feb’18. Nevertheless, the decline in Feb’18 has halted SCCL’s progressive growth in production on the monthly basis.
SCCL’s coal production totaled 54.65 MnT during Apr’17-Feb’18, which was 1% higher on the year compared with 54.15 MnT during the same period in FY17.
SCCL Coal Dispatch:
SCCL’s coal dispatch had fell to a 4-month’s low of 5.42 MnT in Feb’18, which was also down 5% Y-o-Y compared with 5.70 MnT in Feb’17.
It was the only the second time in FY18 that the company had posted lower dispatch on the year-on-year basis. However, on the back of higher coal dispatch during the remaining months, SCCL had recorded healthy growth in total coal dispatch of FY18.
SCCL’s coal dispatch had increased 7% Y-o-Y to 58.28 MnT during Apr’17-Feb’18, compared with the total of 54.36 MnT in Apr’16-Feb’17.
Area-wise Performance in Feb’18:
Out of the total coal produced, 0.68 MnT coal was procured from the Underground mines while the remaining 5.58 MnT coal was mined from the Opencast projects.
Highest coal quantity was mined from Kothagudem. Ramagundam-II, Yellandu, Manuguru and Bellampalli were the other major coal producing areas during the month.
Only 4 out of the 11 mining areas, had failed to achieve their monthly production target for Feb’18 namely- Ramagundam-III, Bhoopalpalli, Bellampalli and Adriyala projects.
Source: SCCL | Quantity in MnT
Coal Supplies to Power Plants:
SCCL’s coal supply to its own power plant, Singareni Thermal Power (STPP), was down 22% M-o-M to 0.51 MnT in Feb’18. Also, coal supplies to NTPC’s power station had fell 0.13% on the month to 1.338 MnT.
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