Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), in association with the Railways has attained its highest ever rake movement on 27 Nov’18. The miner had supplied coal through 46 rakes on Tuesday, thus making a new record in the process.
Total coal dispatch for the day was marked at 243,732 MT, while corresponding production was 227,798 MT. Notably, the coal output and dispatch were recorded highest in a day for the FY19.
Regarded as the second-largest coal producing entity after CIL, SCCL has also been in spotlight to meet the coal demand at the power stations and maintain surplus stock available to them.
Out of the 46 rakes, SCCL had dispatched 12 rakes to the power plants run by TANGEDCO, 6 to APGENCO power stations, 5 to the power plants of Karnataka power Corporation (KPCL), remaining rakes were supplied to the various other power stations in India.
SCCL’s rake movement in November has reached 1,083 till 29 Nov’18, which is the highest monthly total for FY19. Besides, the present average for rake movement in Nov’18 stood 13% higher on the month at 37.34 against 33.03 in Oct’18.
The company is majorly dependent on Rail mode for coal transportation, which accounts for more than 60% of the total dispatch.
SCCL’s has dispatched 36.93 MnT coal during the first 7 months of FY19 (Apr’18-Oct’18), of which 23.52 MnT coal was transported through Rail.
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