Singareni Collieries Company

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited
सिंगरेनी कोलियरीज कंपनी लिमिटेड
Public sector undertaking
Government-owned
Founded 1920
Headquarters Kothagudem, Khammam district, Telangana
Products Coal
Website scclmines.com

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned coal mining company in India. One of the public sector undertakings, the company is jointly owned by the Telangana government (51 percent) and the Union Government (49 percent). The Union Government's administration of the company is through the Ministry of Coal. SCCL is currently operating 16 opencast and 32 underground mines in 4 districts of Telangana with a manpower around 62,805.

History

It is named after the village Singareni in khammam district, Telangana (former A,P.,) where the coal mines are first noticed . The manner of extending financial assistance for expansion of SCCL by the Govt. of A.P., and the Govt. of India during V plan period was agreed upon in the Four party Agreement executed on 10 June 1974. Subsequently, the Govt. of India decided to control its equity directly in SCCL. Accordingly, agreement was concluded on 13 December 1977. The SCCL, the Government of A.P., the Government of India and Coal India Limited were parties to the agreement. These two agreements are popularly called quadripartite agreements.

For financial and other assistance during VI, VII, VIII, IX & X Plan periods, separate agreements were executed on 31 March 1985, 10 February 1989, 24 September 1994, 11 January 2002, 19 October 2004 and 11 June 2010 between the Government of India, the Government of Andhra Pradesh and SCCL. These agreements are called tripartite agreements.

The Company's accredited function is to explore and exploit the coal deposits in the Godavari valley coalfield, which is the only repository of coal in South India. Mining activities of SCCL are presently spread over four districts of Telangana Viz. Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam and Warangal.

The studies of Geological Survey of India attribute as much as 22,016 million tonnes of coal reserves in the Godavari valley coalfield. The inventory covers up to a depth of 1200 metres and it includes reserves proved, indicated as well as inferred.

The coal extracted by SCCL in the Godavari valley coalfield up to the year 2009-10 was about 929.11 million tonnes.

Awards and Recognition

Operations

The company is involved in coal extraction in Telangana, in the Pranhita-Godavari Valley region, which has significant coal reserves, with proven geological reserves estimated at 8791 million tonnes. Ramagundam is one the important operating area of singareni collieries. There are three divisions in ramagundam area. Each division is headed by a general manager

References

  1. ↑ SCCL Bagged Golden Peacock Awards 2015.

http://scclmines.com/history.asp

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Singareni Collieries Company.

See also