Miners working in the underground mines of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.
Company sets target of producing 12.39 million tonnes in February and March of this financial year The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) has fixed a target of mining (producing) 12.39 million tonnes of coal during February and March months of this financial year, at an average of 2.1 lakh tonnes a day as the consumption of coal by the industry is reaching normalcy. The company has also set a target of producing 70 million tonnes of coal during the next fiscal. The coal production this financial year is likely to be around 51 million tonnes after the production and demand were badly hit due to Covid-19 pandemic on the economic activity. Till January-end, the Singareni’s coal production was only 38.61 million tonnes against the target of 55.15 million tonnes or 70% of the target. The production in the first 10 months of the current fiscal was also over 26.4% less compared to the same period in 2019-20, when it was 52.48 million tonnes out of the annual production of 64.02 million tonnes.