South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), the largest coal producing subsidiary of Coal India Limited, registered an impressive growth heading towards the coal production target for the FY19.
During the period from April to December 2018, SECL’s coal production and off-take grew by 8.89% and 4.06% respectively. During the same period, SECL’s coal production was 110.751 MnT and Off-take was 115.433 MnT. The coal production in third quarter (Oct’18-Dec’18) itself was 38.517 MnT.
Over Burden Removal was 137.796 MnT during this 9 months period.
Each year since its inception, SECL has surpassed its own coal production record. The organisation makes all its efforts to achieve the coal production target contributing to around 1/4th of coal production of Coal India Limited.
In a recent development, the union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has accorded environment clearance for expansion of Manikpur OCP coal mine. It earlier had environment clearance of 3.50 MTPA, which has now been extended to 4.90 MTPA. This expansion will help towards achievement of annual target of coal production.
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