Singareni Coal posts 102 pc growth in coal production in July

Hyderabad, Aug 2 (UNI) Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has achieved 48.67 lakh metric tonnes of coal production in July this year against the target of Rs 47.56 lakh metric tonnes, an increase of 102.34 per cent against the corresponding month in last year.
The company had produced 28.5 lakh metric tonnes of coal in July last year, State-owned mining company said in a release here on Monday.
Similarly in the dispatching of coal, Singareni also achieved 50.29 lakh metric tonnes against the target of 45.56 lakh MT with a growth rate of 110.39 per cent.
However in July last year, the company had dispatched only 28.5 lakh MT.
Even in the removal of overburden (OB) at the OCPs also, Singareni made steady progress in the month of July this year. The Mining company had achieved coal production of 204.36 lakh metric tonnes during the last four months this year when compared to 123.5 lakh MT last year.
The coal dispatch was 217.25 lakh metric tonnes this year when compared to 113.8 lakh metric tonnes last year.
SCCL Chairman and Managing Director N.Sridhar while congratulating the employees and officials for record coal production and dispatch during the first four months of this year, requested them to continue the same spirit and achieve new milestones in the history of Singareni.