Team News Riveting
Bhopal, March 2
Singrauli based Subsidiary of Coal India Limited, Northern Coalfields Limited reached a new high of single-day production,
The company produced 5.67 Lakh Tonnes of Coal on Tuesday which is the highest ever production since its inception.
Producing coal out of its 10 fully mechanized open cast mines in Singrauli and Sonbhadra District, NCL has been entrusted with 119 Million Tonnes of Coal production and 126.5 Million Tonnes dispatch in the current fiscal.
Sustaining the steep energy demand of the Nation, the company has supplied 114.74 Million Tonnes of coal to customers across the nation with 16.37% y-o-y growth. In Spite of COVID hardship and other triggered hindrances, the company has produced 110.5 Million Tonnes of coal with 6 per cent y-o-y growth in FY 2021-22.
CMD NCL Bhola Singh called it a great day and congratulated all the fellow miners of the company. He stated that the company has tremendous potential to establish new records and applauded the integrated approach system of Team NCL. He reiterated for the safety, environmental, and quality first approach during mining coal in the best interest of energy aspiration of the nation.
Contributing to the company’s stellar performance, Three projects namely Jayant, Jhingurda, and Kakri have achieved their annual coal production target for FY 2021-22. Jayant is one of the mega mines and was targeting 22 MT while Jhingurda 2.03 MT and Kakri 2 MT Tonnes in FY 2021-22.
Needless to add that Northern Coalfields Limited is a pioneering coal company supplying uninterrupted coal to pithead powerhouses and upcountry coal consumers including NTPC Vindhyachal, one of the biggest TPPs of the Nation. The company is also paving its path to become net-zero company with the establishment of a 50 MW Solar Plant in its Nigahi area and slew of other solar-based projects during upcoming years.
