The Board of Directors of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd has approved the purchase of low-height side discharge loaders (LH-SDLs) in place of SDLs being used in underground mines to achieve higher production.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held here on Thursday, the purchase of 26 LH-SDLs was approved along with 3 SDLs. According to the company officials, the meeting chaired by Chairman and Managing Director of the company N. Sridhar also approved contracts relating to Ramagundam-3 area opencast (OC-1) overburden removal works and tyres and lubricants supply for heavy machinery.
Further, the board agreed for coal transport by road from Koyagudem opencast, JK-OC mines to Tadikalapudi railway siding. Special chief secretaries Ajay Misra (Energy), K. Ramakrishna Rao (Finance), Deputy Secretary in the Coal Ministry P.S.L. Swamy, Director Mukesh Chowdary and directors of Singareni S. Shankar (E&M), S. Chandrashekar (Operations), B. Bhaskar Rao (P&P), N. Balaram (Finance) and Company Secretary G. Srinivas participated.
